Rostock (dpa/mv) - The trial against a 27-year-old, who is said to have killed his parents and sister in Rövershagen near Rostock in February, will continue before the Rostock Regional Court this morning (9.30 a.m.). The charge is triple murder. It's the fifth day of the hearing.
A former friend of the accused testified last week. According to him, the 27-year-old celebrated a few days after the violent death of the family with his friends, who knew nothing about the crime at the time. The German had confessed to the crimes in police interrogations, but had his lawyer retract his statements on November 15 at the beginning of the trial.
The accused is said to have brutally killed his father (52) and sister (25) and a few days later his mother (48) on February 7 of this year with a crossbow and a garden machete. He is said to have buried the bodies in self-made coffins on a lonely edge of a field. If found guilty, he faces a life sentence.
