Würzburg (dpa / lby) - In the process of taking a woman hostage in Lower Franconia, the psychiatric expert certified the accused fully culpable. With a view to the alcohol and drugs that the 23-year-old had taken on the day of the crime in February, the expert also said on Tuesday: "Without these substances he would not have committed the crimes."
The young man has had to answer to the Würzburg Regional Court since Monday for taking hostages, insults and threats. At the beginning of the trial, he had largely admitted the crimes in a house in Karlstadt (Main-Spessart district). Through his defense attorney, he said he freaked out because his ex-girlfriend, who lived in the house, wouldn't let him in.
The 23-year-old from the Hanover area is said to have rioted in the apartment building armed with a knife and had an uninvolved woman in his power for a good eight hours. Nobody was seriously injured.
The pleadings and the verdict could be spoken on Thursday.
