Keira G. murder case

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The Keira G. murder case involves the killing of a 14-year-old with 23 knife wounds on March 7, 2018 in the Berlin district of Alt-Hohenschönhausen .

The fact

On March 7, 2018, the 14-year-old girl Keira G. was killed with 23 knife wounds in her children's room. The police identified a suspect three days later who had arranged to meet his victim. The suspect, a 15-year-old German, confessed to the crime and was taken into custody.

Reactions

In the environment

A few days after the crime, acquaintances and friends of the killed met in front of the ice rink in the Sportforum Hohenschönhausen , where the victim spent her free time. On April 7, 2018, a funeral service for Keira G. took place in the cemetery of the St. Andreas and St. Markus parish in Alt-Hohenschönhausen.

From right-wing extremists

Before and after a suspect became known, false information about the crime was spread on right-wing populist and right-wing extremist websites and on Twitter accounts by Pegida officials . For example, the Berlin State Criminal Police Office became aware of a tweet by Pegida founder Lutz Bachmann , in which an innocent man with the attributes “Chechen Muslim and ex-refugee” was falsely accused as a perpetrator. Bachmann was investigated for defamation , false suspicion and sedition .

After the police announced that the arrested suspect was a German, the AfD politician and elected representative in the Berlin House of Representatives Gunnar Lindemann asked the police to give the name of the perpetrator, which was initially omitted due to the press code. Later the name Edgar H. was communicated.

The judgment

In November 2018, the offender received a youth sentence of nine years for murder at the Berlin Regional Court . He, who attended the same school as his victim, had entered the apartment on the pretext of wanting to help her with her homework, gagged her and deliberately killed her with a kitchen knife . Bringing gloves and a plastic hood so as not to leave any traces on the crime scene spoke in favor of a planned crime. He acted “out of pure lust for murder”. In September 2019 rejected federal court the revision of the accused, which the judgment res judicata acquired. In February 2020, at the material time 14-year-old friend of the offender was convicted aid for homicide indicted for deliberately him a false alibi to have procured.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Arrest warrant for manslaughter in the Keira G. case issued , tagesspiegel.de , March 12, 2018, accessed on March 12, 2018.
  2. ^ After Keira's death: A school is in shock , morgenpost.de , March 13, 2018, accessed on March 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ Funeral service for 14-year-old Keira: Hundreds say goodbye , t-online.de , April 7, 2018, accessed on July 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ How the death of a 14-year-old is - once again - misused for right-wing agitation , stern.de , March 12, 2018, accessed on March 13, 2018.
  5. ↑ LKA takes over after tweet: Keira killed: Bachmann pillories innocents , t-online.de, March 13, 2018, accessed on March 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ Police are investigating Lutz Bachmann , tagesspiegel.de, March 13, 2018, accessed on March 13, 2018.
  7. ↑ Death of 14-year-old Keira stirs up Berlin , n-tv.de , March 12, 2018, accessed on March 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ Keira G. (14) was stabbed to death by classmate (15)! , berliner-woche.de , March 11, 2018, accessed on March 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ a b classmate stabbed to death: youth penalty legally binding , t-online.de, September 5, 2019, accessed on July 21, 2020.
  10. ↑ Keira murder: Nine years imprisonment for classmates , tagesspiegel.de, November 22, 2018, accessed on July 21, 2020.
  11. ↑ Accused after the murder of schoolgirl Keira - friend of the perpetrator , wz.de , February 18, 2020, accessed on July 21, 2020.