Following a nearly fatal stabbing in Gelsenkirchen, a 28-year-old man was sentenced to 13 years in prison for attempted murder on Friday. According to the verdict, the accused stabbed the manager of a clothing shop fatally on August 31 last year. The 58-year-old was critically injured. The background to this was a ban on entering the store that had been imposed on the accused. According to the judgement of the Essen jury court, he wanted to take revenge for this. The Afghan defendant had ambushed his victim at the staff entrance after work. Surveillance camera footage shows him knocking the 58-year-old man down and then stabbing him six times with a knife – in the head, neck and body. “He felt his pride and honour had been wounded”, said Judge Jörg Schmitt at the sentencing. The accused showed a “completely bizarre view of law and justice”
The defendant himself had remained silent about the allegations during the trial, but admitted the crime in general terms shortly before the verdict was announced. The judgement is not final.
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