The trial of the deadly shots at a policewoman and a policeman near Kusel in Rhineland-Palatinate has begun before the Kaiserslautern district court. Investigators are certain that 39-year-old Andreas S. killed his two victims on January 31 during a night traffic check. But the main defendant caused a bang on the first day of the trial.
Handcuffed and accompanied by two law enforcement officers, Andreas S. appeared in the courtroom in Kaiserslautern at around 9:10 a.m. on Tuesday morning. After the presiding judge, Raphael Mall, had the handcuffs removed from Kusel, who allegedly killed two police officers, Andreas S. had to listen to what the public prosecutor’s office had accused him of.
Accordingly, the 39-year-old accused is said to have insidiously murdered the 24-year-old police candidate Yasmin B. and her colleague Alexander K., 29, during a traffic check in the early morning of January 31, to cover up his poaching. To clarify the events, his accused hunting assistant Florian V. had made extensive confessions in several interrogations. Accordingly, his client is said to have shot the two police officers with a shotgun and a hunting rifle.
After the indictment had been read out, one of the two defense lawyers for the alleged shooter caused a surprise. He made a lengthy statement for his client, in which he shifted the blame for the murder of the police candidate onto the co-defendant.
Accordingly, Florian V. is said to have shot the 24-year-old commissioner candidate with the shotgun without warning. The helper is said to have fired the second cartridge at the 29-year-old police officer. According to the lawyer, Andreas S. heard a loud bang twice. He was surprised to find that someone suddenly fired shots at his van, which contained 22 wild animals that had been killed. He grabbed the hunting rifle on the dashboard, got out through the passenger side and pulled the trigger three times in a row.
“Mr. S. just wanted the person to stop firing at him,” the defense attorney explained. After the third shot, it became quiet. According to his own statements, S. then approached the police vehicle in civilian clothes. He then discovered the dead Alexander K. in a field. Andreas S. only noticed there that it was a uniformed police officer. Shortly thereafter, he asked his accomplice to look for his identity papers.
When he turned the car full of dead wild animals, the next bang came. I was horrified to find that his assistant Florian V. had killed the seriously injured police officer with the shotgun.
If one follows this account, the main defendant might have acted in self-defense. In this case, the main blame would fall on the hunting assistant. In order to further substantiate the information, Andreas S. drew the picture of a crazy drug dealer from the co-defendant. Florian V. was often under the influence of drugs during the illegal hunts, the main defendant’s lawyer claimed.
The statement of the defendant contradicts the findings of the prosecutor. The forensic investigations have also shown the exact opposite. Accordingly, Andreas S., who ran a bakery and a game trade, acted as the sole perpetrator. His contrary statement points out that the legal processing of the Kusel police murders amounts to a lengthy process of circumstantial evidence.
