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06-21-2004, 07:32 PM
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Neo-Nazi confesses to triple murder
15 June 2004
COLOGNE - A one-time mercenary and self-avowed neo-Nazi who hates all lawyers loudly confessed to a triple murder, telling a court Monday [COLOR=Red]he saw killing a lawyer and his family as "execution for high treason" against the German Reich. [/COLOR]
The 45-year-old defendant admitted at the outset of his murder trial before Cologne State Court that he killed a 61-year-old lawyer, his 53-year-old wife and their 26-year-old daughter as part of [COLOR=Red]a "battle for liberation" to overthrow the lawyer-dominated political system in Germany and [SIZE=5]replace it with a fascist state. [/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]He claimed the slain lawyer and his family topped a hit list of "enemies" that included political figures[/COLOR] and celebrities whom he insisted must be eliminated in what he called his "own personal war" to topple the system.
He claimed to be the head of an "elite squad of stormtroopers" who have received paramilitary training from him. Also on trial is his 19-year-old former fiancée, who took the stand Monday to say, [COLOR=Red]"I have sworn an oath to stand by him until death us do part."[/COLOR]
However, he denied having divulged details of his plans to commit the murders to her.
[COLOR=Red]"I never told her any concrete plans," he testified. "She knew nothing of the death list or of the planned execution." [/COLOR]
Both are accused of premeditated murder in the headline-making case that rocked the tranquil Cologne suburb of Overath eight months ago.
[COLOR=Red]The defendant allegedly stormed into the lawyer's office in the centre of town and opened fire with a pump gun, killing all three victims instantly.[/COLOR]
The lawyer incurred the defendant's wrath for having handled a case for back rent against the right-wing activist in the 1990s.
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Neo-Nazi faces trial for triple murder
2 June 2004
COLOGNE - A neo-Nazi former mercenary who has called for lawyers to be put to death went on trial in Germany Wednesday for the killings of a small-town attorney and his wife and daughter.
The accused, 45, [COLOR=Red]who has reportedly threatened to murder the prosecutors too[/COLOR], insisted via his defence counsel that [COLOR=Red]he would only address the court if his handcuffs and leg-irons were removed. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]In accord with German journalistic ethics, he is only being identified in the media as [SIZE=6]Thomas A.[/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]He and his 19-year-old girlfriend allegedly shot dead and mutilated the family of three in the lawyer's office in nearby Overath last October.[/COLOR] The accused bore a grudge because the lawyer, 61, acting for a client, had forced him to pay rent arrears back in the 1990s.
[COLOR=Red]"Because of his political attitudes, he hated certain professions," [/COLOR] prosecutor Margarete Reifferscheidt told the court.
[COLOR=Red]Reportedly a hired gun in conflicts in Argentina and Zimbabwe, the man joined a neo-Nazi clique on his return to Germany and in 1996 came close to being hired as an informant by police monitoring the group, but was not approached because he was too unstable.[/COLOR]
His girlfriend has admitted helping the murders, but denies intent to kill. [COLOR=Red]The ex-mercenary has made no admission, but sent a letter after his arrest to a newspaper describing the killings as an "execution" of those "abusing the German legal system". [/COLOR]
In addition to the murder charges, the two are charged with encouraging a friend to murder another lawyer. A court spokesman said they gave the friend the shotgun used in the triple murder as well as ammunition, saying, [COLOR=Red] "Now fix your lawyer up the same way." [/COLOR] The lawyer was not attacked.
Neo-Nazi confesses to triple murder
15 June 2004
COLOGNE - A one-time mercenary and self-avowed neo-Nazi who hates all lawyers loudly confessed to a triple murder, telling a court Monday [COLOR=Red]he saw killing a lawyer and his family as "execution for high treason" against the German Reich. [/COLOR]
The 45-year-old defendant admitted at the outset of his murder trial before Cologne State Court that he killed a 61-year-old lawyer, his 53-year-old wife and their 26-year-old daughter as part of [COLOR=Red]a "battle for liberation" to overthrow the lawyer-dominated political system in Germany and [SIZE=5]replace it with a fascist state. [/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]He claimed the slain lawyer and his family topped a hit list of "enemies" that included political figures[/COLOR] and celebrities whom he insisted must be eliminated in what he called his "own personal war" to topple the system.
He claimed to be the head of an "elite squad of stormtroopers" who have received paramilitary training from him. Also on trial is his 19-year-old former fiancée, who took the stand Monday to say, [COLOR=Red]"I have sworn an oath to stand by him until death us do part."[/COLOR]
However, he denied having divulged details of his plans to commit the murders to her.
[COLOR=Red]"I never told her any concrete plans," he testified. "She knew nothing of the death list or of the planned execution." [/COLOR]
Both are accused of premeditated murder in the headline-making case that rocked the tranquil Cologne suburb of Overath eight months ago.
[COLOR=Red]The defendant allegedly stormed into the lawyer's office in the centre of town and opened fire with a pump gun, killing all three victims instantly.[/COLOR]
The lawyer incurred the defendant's wrath for having handled a case for back rent against the right-wing activist in the 1990s.
http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=52&story_id=8110
Neo-Nazi faces trial for triple murder
2 June 2004
COLOGNE - A neo-Nazi former mercenary who has called for lawyers to be put to death went on trial in Germany Wednesday for the killings of a small-town attorney and his wife and daughter.
The accused, 45, [COLOR=Red]who has reportedly threatened to murder the prosecutors too[/COLOR], insisted via his defence counsel that [COLOR=Red]he would only address the court if his handcuffs and leg-irons were removed. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]In accord with German journalistic ethics, he is only being identified in the media as [SIZE=6]Thomas A.[/SIZE] [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]He and his 19-year-old girlfriend allegedly shot dead and mutilated the family of three in the lawyer's office in nearby Overath last October.[/COLOR] The accused bore a grudge because the lawyer, 61, acting for a client, had forced him to pay rent arrears back in the 1990s.
[COLOR=Red]"Because of his political attitudes, he hated certain professions," [/COLOR] prosecutor Margarete Reifferscheidt told the court.
[COLOR=Red]Reportedly a hired gun in conflicts in Argentina and Zimbabwe, the man joined a neo-Nazi clique on his return to Germany and in 1996 came close to being hired as an informant by police monitoring the group, but was not approached because he was too unstable.[/COLOR]
His girlfriend has admitted helping the murders, but denies intent to kill. [COLOR=Red]The ex-mercenary has made no admission, but sent a letter after his arrest to a newspaper describing the killings as an "execution" of those "abusing the German legal system". [/COLOR]
In addition to the murder charges, the two are charged with encouraging a friend to murder another lawyer. A court spokesman said they gave the friend the shotgun used in the triple murder as well as ammunition, saying, [COLOR=Red] "Now fix your lawyer up the same way." [/COLOR] The lawyer was not attacked.