I essayed a good bit back at the end of January...about the murder of two police members....in the Kusel area (Pfalz).
Brief summary. Somewhere around 3 AM....in the midst of a rural area....a patrol car came around a curve....to find a vehicle sitting there, and what appeared to be poachers (two guys). One of the poachers reacted in the face-to-face confrontation....shooting the cops in cold blood. Guilty party was hunted down, and arrested.
The case? Now wrapping up. Various charges existing.
The defense in this case? Well....they've tried to lay out the entire life of this one single hunter was centered on a massive amount of poaching. It wasn't a simple hunting season with two or three deer.....he was hunting deer and wild boar just about every single day of the year. In his mind, he couldn't be arrested for poaching or have his gun license revoked.
The second guy in this whole mess? If you view social media and news reports.....he was mostly a regular cannabis smoker, with no real aggressive behavior. He was mostly there to make some extra cash for his marginal lifestyle. Most of the assault/murder charges against him have been dropped. He'll be convicted on poaching charges and likely spend some short period in jail.
The main guy? I don't see how he avoids going off for the rest of his life.
What bothers most Germans about the whole thing? As the unraveling of the story occurs....it's just a ton of poaching crimes going on....week after week, and no one really noticed much of anything. The restaurant trade? Somehow, they just looked the other way...paying cash for deer/wild boar.
UPDATE: Guy gets life in prison, no chance of parole.
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