Student Murdered Ex-Girlfriend – BGH Confirms Verdict

Sentenced to an 18-year-old for murder of a schoolmate and for assault Order of 13 May 2025 – 1 StR 538/24 By judgment of 7 August 2024, the Heidelberg Regional Court sentenced the defendant to a juvenile sentence of 11 years for murder and assault. According to the findings of the Regional Court, the defendant and the injured visited the same grade of a high school in 2023 and had a relationship for several months. Because the injured person fi…

HEIDELBERG. Because he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in the joint school near Heidelberg, a young man has to go to prison for a long time. The case caused a stir nationwide – also because of the escape of the perpetrator. The BGH decided. Photo: Shutterstock The Federal Court of Justice (BGH) confirmed a sentence for murder against a student from St. Leon-Rot near Heidelberg. The 18-year-old had stabbed the young woman of the same age in the joint s…

Because he stabbed his ex-girlfriend in the joint school near Heidelberg, a young man has to go to prison for a long time. The case caused a stir nationwide – also because of the escape of the perpetrator.

The Federal Court of Justice has upheld the conviction of an 18-year-old in Baden-Württemberg for the murder of a classmate and for bodily harm. The BGH announced this on Wednesday. The Heidelberg Regional Court sentenced the defendant to eleven years' youth imprisonment in August 2024. The defendant and the victim attended the same year at a high school in 2023 and had a relationship for several months. After the victim broke up with him in Nov…