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Afghan migrant accused of killing Freiburg student admits to lying about age
 [DW] Huseen K. has testified before the court, as his trial for murdering a student begins. He arrived in Germany as an asylum seeker despite having been previosuly tossed in the calabooseYou have the right to remain silent... in Greece for almost killing a woman. Huseen K.
Huseen K., to use his name as written in the German court papers, is suspected of raping and killing the 19-year-old medical student in Freiburg in October last year. He told the court that he was 18 when he arrived in Germany, and not 16 as he initially claimed. He said he lied about his age because "when you're a minor, the situation in Germany is much better for you." Huseen K. also disclosed other details of his identity that had until Tuesday remained unclear. The young migrant was born and raised in Afghanistan, but moved to Iran at age 13. After "problems with the police," he then fled to ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , before moving on to Greece and finally Germany. He told the court that his life in Germany had been marked by alcohol and drug abuse. The young migrant is alleged to have drowned Maria L. by laying her unconscious body in the Dreisam river. He was arrested in December last year after DNA evidence and video footage near the scene linked him to the crime. He is currently being tried as youth, although the court could move to convict him as an adult. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... adults between the age of 18 and 21 can still be tried as minors. Germany's migrant policy under the microscope The case sparked nationwide debate over Germany's migration policy. Huseen K. arrived in Germany during the height of the migrant crisis in the autumn of 2015, a year before he is alleged to have killed the young student. Arriving without documents, he was allowed to register as an unaccompanied minor. However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... following his arrest in December in connection with the murder, it emerged that Huseen K. had previously been convicted in Greece for almost killing a woman by pushing her off a cliff. Despite being sentenced to 10 years, he was released after just over a year in order to make space in Greece's crowded prisons. After he was released, he reportedly went underground and joined the wave of newly-arrived The revelations triggered a fresh wave of anger at Chancellor Angela Merkel ...current chancellor of Germany and the impetus behind Germany's remarkably ill-starred immigration program. Merkel used to be referred to by Germans as Mom... 's decision to effectively tolerate the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees in 2015. Around 10 supporters for the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party protested outside of the court room. Police said they had been made aware of the group's plans to protest beforehand, and that it did not turn violent. Parts of trial to be conducted in private At the beginning of trial opened Tuesday, the defendant's lawyer, Sebastian Glathe, told the judge that his client had "recently decided to address the allegations," albeit in a private testimony, away from the public. The move came as a surprise, as Huseen K. had refused to give any sort of statement during his 10 months in jug. Despite protests from the prosecution and the victims' parents, the judge agreed that any statement Huseen K. made concerning his sexual history would be private. Prosecutors have also been barred from asking the defendant on the incident in Greece.
Hussein claims to be Afghani but the court heard that there is evidence he is Iraqi. And his claim to be 17 at the time of the offence is disputed with a specialist saying he is at least 22. According to Bild newspaper, during a morning session of hearings in which press and public were excluded he claimed to be 19. Medical student Maria Ladenburger's father is a senior legal adviser to the European Commission in Brussels. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-09-06 |
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