Overview
- At the Landgericht Krefeld, a murder indictment was read against a 25-year-old employee accused of fatally stabbing his 41-year-old store manager in May, and the defendant remained silent at the brief opening session.
- Prosecutors consider the Krefeld defendant not criminally responsible and state he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, with the man currently held in a psychiatric clinic.
- The next Krefeld hearing is scheduled for 20 November, and a conviction could lead to court-ordered placement in a psychiatric institution rather than conventional imprisonment.
- Police say the Krefeld suspect initially fled the scene but was arrested near the store, and emotions in the courtroom led to a visitor being removed after insults directed at the accused.
- Separately in Paderborn, a 57-year-old went on trial for a 2003 killing after modern DNA re-testing and a mass saliva screening of 120 contacts produced a lead, with prosecutors alleging binding, strangulation with a vacuum cable, and theft, and hearings set through January 2026.