Life sentence handed down for murder of eight-year-old daughter in Bollschweil
The Freiburg Regional Court sentenced a father to life imprisonment for murdering his eight-year-old daughter. The chamber also established the particularly grave nature of the guilt.
Freiburg Regional Court convicts father of murder of own daughter
The Freiburg Regional Court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for murdering his eight-year-old daughter. As Google News AT — Crime (de) reports, the responsible chamber additionally established the particularly grave nature of the guilt — the court thus followed the submissions of the prosecution and secondary plaintiff.
The crime took place in October 2025 in Bollschweil in Baden-Württemberg. The convicted man drove to the house of his divorced wife to collect their two children for a weekend. However, against the wishes of his ex-wife, he forced his way into the building and took the daughter into his control. The mother and son were locked out of the house.
Alerted police officers observed through a window as the man used massive violence against the girl. One officer shot the perpetrator and hit him in the lower abdomen. Despite the injury, the man retreated further with his daughter. When police entered the house, the girl was already dead.
During the investigation, there was initially consideration of a possible lack of responsibility on the part of the perpetrator. However, a new expert report led to the assumption of full responsibility, on the basis of which the Regional Court handed down the sentence. A court spokesman announced the verdict on Monday evening.
Source: Google News AT — Crime (de)