Overview

• The Regional Court of Munich I convicted 22-year-old Ihab L. of murder and imposed life imprisonment.
• The panel found two qualifying factors—greed and killing to facilitate another crime—concluding he aimed to steal three kilograms of marijuana worth about €15,000.
• A resident’s video captured the confrontation after the fatal first shot, and the court said the victim’s knife stab occurred only afterward.
• Defense claims of self-defense were rejected as judges highlighted contradictions in the defendant’s accounts and indicators of deeper drug trade involvement.
• The judgment is not yet final and a revision is possible; reports identify the victim as Deniz Z., who left a small child, and note a €5,000 pain-and-suffering award to the widow.