Trial: Fatal hammer assault on ex-girlfriend – man in courtroom | EUROtoday

Six months after a deadly assault on a girl with a hammer, the homicide trial in opposition to the sufferer’s former accomplice has begun on the Bad Kreuznach regional courtroom. At the beginning, the accusation was learn out; in keeping with the courtroom, witnesses weren’t initially invited.

The 70-year-old defendant is accused of killing the girl in Bad Kreuznach on October 15 final yr. A number of days earlier she is alleged to have separated from the German after a 10-year relationship. On the day of the crime, the 2 are mentioned to have met within the girl’s condominium; the person’s transfer is alleged to have been deliberate on the time.

Withdrew cash utilizing the sufferer’s financial institution card

In the basement of the home, the 70-year-old is alleged to have hit his ex-partner on the again of the pinnacle with a hammer, adopted by additional blows with the hammer and a pipe wrench, in keeping with the prosecution. According to the knowledge, the 66-year-old sufferer suffered a traumatic mind damage and fractures of a number of facial bones and died shortly afterwards.

The man is then mentioned to have stolen her automotive keys and a financial institution card from the girl’s condominium. According to the indictment, he used the cardboard to withdraw 725 euros from an ATM.

The Bad Kreuznach regional courtroom has initially scheduled 9 extra days of hearings within the course of till the start of July.

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