They are due to come down next week: the verdicts in the case of the 15-year-old who was kidnapped and stabbed to death in Cologne in March. The defendants: four young men between the ages of 19 and 27.
Kidnapped and stabbed to death at Mülheim harbor
On the night of March 10, 2024, the two main suspects met the later victim at a bar in Cologne-Mülheim. According to the public prosecutor's office, the two defendants had a plan to “kill” the future victim.punish.”
The youth had turned to another drug gang, which is said to have been the reason for the main defendant's anger, according to the public prosecutor's office. In front of the bar, they threatened the 15-year-old with firearms and pushed him to the Mülheim harbor, where the actual crime took place.
“End it”
According to the 19-year-old's statement, the anger towards the young people is said to have become more and more intense. After being beaten and stabbed, the co-defendant is said to have said to the 19-year-old: “Finish it.” When the teenager tried to escape, both of them ran after him. At that moment the fatal knife stabs were said to have occurred, carried out by the 19-year-old, but in the presence of the co-defendant.
Nine years in prison under juvenile criminal law required
For the murder of then 15-year-old Dara K., the 19-year-old stabber is expected to receive nine years in prison under juvenile criminal law. He had confessed to stabbing. In his confession, he also said that his now 27-year-old co-defendant encouraged him to commit the crime. According to the public prosecutor's office, the 27-year-old, who was the head of a drug gang in Cologne-Mülheim, “for life” to prison.
