Michael Mager

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Michael Mager (* 1961 ) was innocent in prison for six years as a result of a miscarriage of justice . On March 14, 1984, he was sentenced to a youth sentence of eight years in prison by the Berlin Regional Court for the murder of the 77-year-old pensioner Melanie S. After serving around six years in prison, the remainder of the sentence was suspended on December 12, 1989. He was subsequently acquitted in 1996 in a retrial by the Berlin Regional Court because it was not he who had committed the act , but the serial killer Thomas Rung .

Murder and trial

The pensioner was strangled and robbed on October 13, 1983 in her apartment in Berlin-Neukölln . After Michael Mager's fingerprint and promissory notes were found at the scene, the police arrested him as a suspect.

After hours of interrogation, Mager finally confessed to the murder. A short time later, however, he revoked his confession . Still, his confession contributed significantly to his conviction.

In 1995 Thomas Rung then confessed to having committed the murder of the pensioner Melanie S., who was his former landlady.

Since the judges at that time had committed "unjustifiable errors" in their decision in March 1984 according to the acquittal verdict, Mager was awarded compensation for his imprisonment despite his false confession. Mager had stated in his confession that he had hit the pensioner six times on the head. However, this statement contradicted the autopsy report , in which no head injuries were noted. It should also have been noticed that the broken bones found in the dead woman did not match the statements made by Magers, who had only spoken of shaking. The alibi that Mager had for the time of the crime was also ignored in the judgment at the time. At the time of the crime, there was evidence that he was at the social welfare office . But judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers did not notice this in the 1984 trial.

Michael Mager was a studio guest at Steffen Hallaschka's on the TV show stern TV on March 2, 2011, on the subject of "Innocent in prison".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A public prosecutor is getting cold feet now ; in: Berliner Zeitung of December 14, 1995
  2. ↑ Now the judges have to believe Michael Mager ; in: Berliner Zeitung of August 8, 1996
  3. ↑ I just can't hate Thomas Rung ; in: Berliner Zeitung of March 7, 1996
  4. ↑ wooden board with handle ; in: Der Spiegel, issue 12/1995 from March 20, 1995
  5. ^ Acquittal after twelve years ; in: Berliner Zeitung of August 14, 1996
personal data
SURNAME Skinny, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German justice victim
DATE OF BIRTH 1961