Overview
- The Landgericht Rottweil convicted the defendant of manslaughter and ordered seven years of youth detention.
- Prosecutors had sought a murder verdict, additional counts for possession of youth- and child-pornographic material, and a juvenile term of nine years and three months.
- The court said the murder characteristic of a base motive was not established, leading to the lesser conviction under juvenile criminal law.
- The defendant confessed to killing his mother in February with a meat tenderizer, delivering at least ten blows that caused fatal blood loss as the tool broke.
- Investigators described severe family financial strain after the father's 2022 death, and the dispute escalated after the son admitted he had no apprenticeship.