Paul Blomert

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Paul Blomert (* 1917 in Nordwalde ; † August 25, 1961 in Münster ) was a German lawyer . His death led to the biggest judicial scandal in Münster .

Professional background

Blomert was a partner in the law firm of the mayor of Münster, Busso Peus . During the election campaign for the 1961 Bundestag elections , Peus put Blomert under pressure to organize his private circumstances and gave him four weeks to do so. Blomert, who was an amateur hunter, was found in his apartment on August 25, 1961 by his wife with a gunshot wound. He had a rifle in his arms. He died before he was transported to the hospital. In death certificate "accident" was given as the cause of death.

Investigations

The public prosecutor's office ruled out a murder, the death was perceived as embarrassing by the Münster society . There was no autopsy . Blomert was buried three days after his death. Blomert left three farewell letters, to his wife, father and Peus. Blomert's father and two of his brothers doubted an accident or suicide. They assumed a crime; Blomert's father filed a complaint on suspicion of murder. In Münster they could not find a lawyer who represented their interests, they called on the self-appointed social lawyer Günter Weigand , who was admitted to psychiatry as a troublemaker, for which he was later compensated.

Weigand accused Blomert's widow and others on leaflets of murder veiling. In 1962, Blomert's body was autopsied after public pressure. On February 21, 1962, Blomert's widow and three other people were arrested on suspicion of being involved in Blomert's murder. They were released the following day.

The Münster judiciary filed five orders against Weigand ; In 1963 the public prosecutor issued an arrest warrant against him. The case damaged the reputation of the Münster judiciary. An expert from Zurich criticized, among other things, the investigation in connection with Blomert's death “No plan from the crime scene. No securing of the bullet fragments, bone fragments and pieces of mortar. No photograph of the traces of blood. No statement on the condition of the victim's clothes. Wiping of valuable traces by washing, whereby it was not put on record that the photographs record a changed condition of the corpse. Changing the position of the weapon, blurring of traces when it is discharged. No questioning of those involved as long as the memory was fresh. [...] “In total, Blomert's death was investigated by eight experts.

Participating experts

Judicial committee

The case was dealt with in the Justice Committee of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament ; the Minister of Justice had to answer 72 questions to the MPs. In 1964 Busso Peus ended his political career; the CDU in Münster prevented his renewed candidacy for the office of mayor, nor did they allow him to run for the city council.

Apologies

In 1966 Günter Weigand apologized to the people he had falsely suspected before the 2nd major criminal chamber of the Münster district court . He was convicted on April 25, 1966 primarily of insult ; the court found that Blomert had committed suicide. Weigand published the book The rule of law is not given to us in 1979 ! Lessons from the Münster murder affair surrounding the violent death of the lawyer Blomert on August 25, 1961. It was self- published after dozens of publishers had refused to publish it.

literature

  • Frank Arnau : The Blomert case: a forensic documentation. Munich: Hirsch, 1965.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Dietmar Klenke : The Blomert-Weigand Trial as an image catastrophe for Münster In: "Schwarz, Münster, Paderborn". An anti-Catholic cliché. Waxmann Verlag , 2008, pp. 64-66 ISBN 978-3-8309-1987-2
  2. ↑ Nina Grunenberg : A marriage is defoliated In: The time of July 9, 1965
  3. ↑ a b Gerhard Mauz : A murder as everyone commits . In: Der Spiegel from May 2, 1966
  4. ↑ a b c d Nina Grunenberg: The scourge of Münster . In: Die Zeit of September 18, 1964
  5. ↑ a b c d Secrets of the dead In: Die Zeit from November 22, 1963
  6. ↑ Death at noon . In: Der Spiegel from February 6, 1963
  7. ↑ Hans Schuler: After 15 years, finally right . In: Die Zeit of December 8, 1978
  8. ↑ Strikes 13 . In: Der Spiegel from November 8, 1964
  9. ↑ Nina Grunenberg: In the name of Münster In: The time of April 29, 1966
  10. ^ Weigand and no end In: Die Zeit from November 19, 1965
  11. ^ Nina Grunenberg: Günter Weigand - the defendant on duty . In: The time of April 1, 1966
  12. ↑ a b Gerhard Mauz: My goal was never to determine the murderer . In: Der Spiegel of December 10, 1979
personal data
SURNAME Blomert, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordwalde , Germany
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1961
Place of death Munster , Germany