Kiosk attack in Lehrte: 26-year-old receives 38 months in prison!
Kiosk attack in Lehrte: 26-year-old receives 38 months in prison!
Hildesheimer Rathausstraße, 31134 Hildesheim, Deutschland - An attack on Peter Düe's kiosk in Lehrte on February 22, 2025 caused excitement in the region. The 26-year-old accused, a native Syrian, was sentenced to 38 months in prison by the Hildesheim district court. This goes from a report by haz.de out.
The case that reminds of a crime film in places began with an unpleasant incident that took place after careful exploration of the kiosk and a harmless purchase of energy drinks. The perpetrator returned masked with a hood, gloves and surgical mask, pulled out a folding knife and called for cash under threat. But the kiosk operator held against it and defended himself with an old flagpole, which ultimately led to the perpetrator injured in the attempt to escape.
a life full of difficulties
The convicted Syrian came to Germany as a refugee in 2021 and had settled in a container village in Hanover. According to the judge, the man was not inexperienced in criminal acts and had not only piled up debts due to various occasional jobs, but also consumed drugs. Despite the failed robbery, he confessed four other kiosk attacks in Hanover, for which no charges have so far been raised.
The court excluded an incapable of guilt due to drug use, but found that the defendant consumed marijuana, ecstasy and cocaine without detection. The judge used his discretion to evaluate the comprehensive confession of the perpetrator in favor of the accused.
The current situation of crime
Interestingly, this incident comes at a time when general crime in Germany has a decline. The police crime statistics 2024 shows that the registered crimes could be reduced by 1.7 %, mainly through cannabis partialization. Nevertheless, there are worrying increases in other areas, such as violent crime, which has risen by 1.5 % and has reached the highest level since 2007. The BKA also reports of an increase in suspect children and adolescents by 11.3 % and 3,8 %. In addition to this incident, there was another attack on a kiosk in Hildesheimer Rathausstraße on April 1, 2024. An unknown perpetrator demanded money and cigarettes with the maintenance of a long knife. The search measures have so far been unsuccessful. This shows that the problem of violent raids is not limited to an individual case, but encompasses a wider spectrum that concerns the safety of many people in the region. Like hildesheimer-presse.de , the witness of the raid are called.| Details | |
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