Overview
- The Landgericht Oldenburg convicted the husband of murder with particular gravity of guilt and imposed life imprisonment.
- Judges found treachery and low motives tied to perceived honor and the wife's plan to divorce.
- According to the court, on May 12 in Varel he drove about 70 km/h onto a footpath and fatally struck his 37-year-old wife.
- A prior court order had prohibited him from approaching her.
- The defendant's claim of an accidental swerve while retrieving a dropped phone was rejected, and the couple's seven children are now in youth welfare care.