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Hanau (dpa / lhe) - Because he shot his girlfriend in the head, a 37-year-old man was sentenced to seven years and eight months imprisonment by the Hanau district court on Friday for attempted manslaughter and dangerous bodily harm.
The jury chamber saw it as proven that the accused had shot at his eleven-year-old girlfriend at the beginning of September 2019 after several violent disputes in the weeks before during a renewed dispute in Maintal (Main-Kinzig-Kreis).
A projectile hit the 26-year-old in the back of the head.
During an emergency operation at the University Hospital in Frankfurt, the bullet that got stuck in the skull was removed without causing permanent damage.
The murder weapon has not yet been found.
However, according to the expert opinion, the judges assume that it was a repurposed alarm gun.
The lead bullet struck at a significantly slower speed than a real firearm.
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The defendant had made a partial confession.
However, because he was demonstrably under the influence of cocaine, he was less guilty.
Therefore, the court also imposed drug therapy as a measure.
In addition, the accused should pay the victim € 10,000 in compensation for pain and suffering.
The public prosecutor's office had demanded a prison sentence of nine and a half years for attempted manslaughter, the defense pleaded for six and a half years for dangerous bodily harm.
The verdict is not yet legally binding.
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