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Hanover (dpa) - A 74-year-old is said to be responsible for the death of his severely malnourished 93-year-old mother.
This morning (10 a.m.) the pleadings and the judgment are expected at the Hanover District Court.
The son was the judicially appointed supervisor of the woman suffering from dementia, as the indictment revealed (Az .: 236 Ls 439/19).
In December 2016 he is said to have brought her from a senior citizens' residence in Hanover to her own apartment, where she lived until her death.
According to the prosecution, there was no care by a nursing service, the son lived in Hamburg and only came to Hanover temporarily.
The woman died in June 2017, severely dehydrated.
The elderly weighed only 26 kilograms at the time of her death.
Half a year earlier she weighed 38.2 kilograms.
The public prosecutor's office accuses the man of dangerous bodily harm through omission.
In addition, exposure: he is said to have abandoned his mother in a helpless position, even though he was in his care, exposing her to death or serious damage to health.
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