Murder trial after fatal fall down stairs: Uelzen in shock!

At Uelzen train station, the events of July 2024 are the focus of a trial that begins on Friday at the Lüneburg regional court. A 19-year-old is accused of murdering a 55-year-old father in order to steal his cell phone. The charge is murder out of greed in conjunction with robbery resulting in death.

The accused asylum seeker from Morocco could be sent to a closed facility as a result of the procedure. According to a psychiatric report, the man was unable to recognize the injustice of his actions at the time of the crime due to mental illness. However, the public prosecutor sees the defendant as dangerous and considers him to be incompetent.

Details about the crime and the procedure

In July 2024, the defendant is said to have violently kicked the 55-year-old's chest in the stairway of the train station. The victim then fell down the stairs and suffered massive head injuries, from which he died at the scene. The accused then took the victim's cell phone. Eyewitness International reported that the police evaluated video recordings and re-enacted the crime in order to reconstruct the events.

The trial is scheduled to last eight days, with a psychiatric expert and five witnesses expected to testify. The hearing begins on January 10, 2025 at 9:30 a.m.

The defendant is currently in custody. According to reports, he regularly consumed THC narcotics, which may have had an impact on his mental illness, but cannot be directly blamed for the crime Welt.de reported. NDR.de reported on the background to the trial and the serious allegations against the alleged perpetrator.