Overview

• The Landgericht Hamburg found men aged 32, 36 and 38 guilty of murder in conjunction with attempted robbery resulting in death and imposed life imprisonment.
• On May 12, 2022 in Hamburg-Borgfelde, the attackers posed as parcel couriers, struck the 69-year-old with an imitation weapon, bound him with cable ties, and suffocated him.
• Investigators detailed coordination via a chat group called “Making mucho money,” with the trio targeting the victim believing he held up to €250,000 from a restaurant sale despite his insolvency.
• A prior 2023 trial ended in an acquittal, after which expanded investigations led to arrests in late 2024 in Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, and at Frankfurt airport.
• The defendants apologized in court; the chamber said the killing was not pre-planned yet attributable to all three under murder elements, with life terms that in Germany may allow parole review only after long minimum periods.