Mannheim [Germany], January 8: A German couple on Tuesday confessed to killing a Ukrainian refugee and her mother in March 2024 in order to steal her baby.
On the first day of the trial at Mannheim District Court, the two defendants admitted to killing the 27-year-old Ukrainian and her 51-year-old mother. According to the public prosecutor's office, the couple have a total of four children, including one son together. After suffering a number of miscarriages and failed fertility treatment, they planned to kidnap a newborn girl and pass her off as their daughter.
The couple intentionally targeted refugees from the Russian invasion of Ukraine, joining a group on Telegram to offer help with translation. The 27-year-old Ukrainian was living with her mother and baby in refugee accommodation in the south-western German town of Wiesloch when she came into contact with the couple. On March 6, 2024, they allegedly sedated the two women in a restaurant before the man killed the two women with a blunt object in two separate locations. They sank the grandmother's body in a lake and burnt the mother's body before driving home with the baby. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune
