In a chilling turn of events, a repeat offender was handed down a life sentence at Trier Regional Court. The 56-year-old, with a criminal past that included a previous conviction in Hesse, was convicted of strangling a woman with a woolen scarf following an heated argument in her apartment in Trier back in March 2012.
The victim was left completely helpless and defenseless as the man wrapped the scarf around her neck from behind, pulling it tight. Judge Petra Schmitz expressed the court's concern about the perpetrator's potential for future violent acts, implying the possibility of placing him in preventive detention, although the court ultimately saw no particular severity in the crime.
The root cause of the argument was a matter of jealousy. The woman, a former girlfriend of the man, claimed that he had given her a stuffed frog with a red heart as a gift, a claim that the man vehemently denied. The man's current girlfriend was also present during the crime, and the trio belonged to the homeless scene, regularly socializing to drink alcohol together.
In an attempt to put an end to his simmering anger over the stuffed animal, the man made the tragic decision to take the woman's life. After the crime, the man hid the victim's body in the attic of the apartment building before fleeing. The woman's vacant rented apartment was eventually evacuated due to her disappearance. The remains were discovered years later, in September 2016, when the attic was cleared out.
This is the man's second conviction for murder. Previously, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of another homeless man with brute force following a drinking session in Rüsselsheim in April 2012 – just one month prior to the crime in Trier. The man's girlfriend at the time was sentenced to twelve years in prison for manslaughter.
Although the case in Trier is not yet finalized, the man faces a lifetime of incarceration for his unconscionable actions.
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