Mönchengladbach - In March 2008, it comes in the house of Klaus D. van Viersen a bloody drama. The man is to his wife before the eyes of the daughter (then 3) have shot.
Since Wednesday, he stands in Moenchengladbach before the court.
The carnage in the apartment on the Gartenstrasse time was the sad culmination in a marital smoldering for weeks. Klaus van D. was always drunk at the time, even on the day of the crime he had plenty of grog and dumped vodka.
He had two parts per thousand. When his wife was arguing with him because he had forgotten the wedding day, it happened. The 36-year-old Elizabetha grabbed the gun, which had her husband (50) used to illegally worried, and fired.
Klaus D. van was hit in the chest. He was then able to wrest his wife's revolver and fired in turn. His wounded wife, he should then have killed with a shot in the back of the patch.
In court he wanted to be remembered no more: "Everything was foggy and dark before my eyes. I have not seen it, I have seen absolutely no man had shot at me. "
From the death of his wife he had only learned two days later in hospital. On the other hand, he admitted to have heard the shocking sentence of his three year old daughter: "Dad, you've just shot Mommy."
Despite the harsh accusations Klaus van D. is accused only of manslaughter in a case of first degree (maximum penalty: 10 years). The prosecution holds him in good stead to its extremely high alcohol levels.
The process will continue.
