Because he strangled a neighbor with a bathrobe belt, the district court of Hamburg has sentenced a defendant to ten years and eight months imprisonment. The 52-year-old was guilty of manslaughter, said the presiding judge.
The motive for the act in May 2018 could not be explained exactly. Maybe it was a dispute over money.
The robe of the 78-year-old victim and in the head and neck area investigators had found, according to prosecutors DNA traces of the accused. The prosecution had demanded life imprisonment for murder, and the defense an acquittal. The 52-year-old had protested his innocence in the process. The verdict is not yet legally binding.