Child Killer to Get Hearing at European Court of Human Rights

Articles: Child Killer to Get Hearing at European Court of Human Rights

Posted by Admin on Monday, April 23, 2007 - 10:58 PM

German newspapers are reporting that the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has agreed to hear a case brought by convicted child-killer Magnus Gäfgen, which if successful could make him eligible for a retrial.

<i class="caption">Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Five years after being convicted of murder, Magnus Gäfgen may get a retrial

Gäfgen has accused German police of threatening to torture him in 2002 if he did not disclose the location of 11-year-old Jakob von Metzler, whom Gäfgen had kidnapped and murdered.

The police believed Metzler was still alive while they were interrogating Gäfgen. Gäfgen had given the police a number of false locations for the boy's whereabouts. After the threats were made, Gäfgen told officers where he had hidden Jakob's body and belongings.

During the questioning, Frankfurt's former deputy police chief Wolfgang Daschner had ordered officers to threaten Gäfgen with "intense pain" if he didn't reveal Metzler's location. Gäfgen alleged that the police also threatened him with considerable suffering and rape.

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