Overview
- Defendant Dawid K., 27, is on trial for murder over the death of Dresden officer Maximilian Stoppa during a January 2025 pursuit in Lauchhammer.
- Prosecutors allege he drove a blue Skoda at more than 172 km/h and accepted the risk of killing to help conceal auto thefts.
- Several eyewitnesses testified that the fleeing car drove recklessly and that the officer was thrown through the air on impact.
- Fellow inmate Artur K. told the court the defendant said on a prison toilet that he had run over the officer.
- The defense argues prior theft convictions in Hildesheim bar this prosecution under Strafklageverbrauch, and the accused has remained silent in court.