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It sowed fear and horror in Merenschwand AG. From December 1-7, 2019, he started at least five fires. But before the District Court of Muri AG, Roman K. * (37) does not look like a fire demon at all. He is honest and in a good mood. He has short hair and sports clothes. He is the smallest in the courtroom. Relaxed, he leans back in the chair.
The President of the Court asked the most interesting question at trial while questioning the defendant: “Why did you start a fire?” Roman K. blames his difficult life situation. He says: “I had just lost my job. I was so frustrated. “The trained butcher named his alcohol addiction the second culprit.” I always had at least two per thousand intus, “he says.” In all cases I haven’t thought much about it. “
No regrets, no apologies
Even during the process, he didn’t think twice. At no point does he show remorse for his actions. When the prosecutor and the defense give him the opportunity to have the last word before the verdict, he rejects it. It just says, “It’s a good thing.”
The president of the court wants to know from the defendant how he came up with the idea of burning houses. Roman K. cannot or does not really want to answer the question. It says: “I went into the underground parking lot and saw the fuel bottle. And then it clicked. “And then he goes back to talking about his frustration with life.
Fire as revenge
After all, in the third fire he remembered something: “It was an act of revenge. I wanted revenge on the owner of a restaurant in town. He has imposed a local ban on me. He accused me of something that was wrong. “
Reason enough for Roman K. to set the owner’s house on fire. He went into the garage and dumped a gas can into the next room. He lit a handkerchief and tossed it into the liquid. He then circled the house and also tossed a burning cloth into a cardboard box in the adjacent barn. Just because the fire department arrived so quickly, the fire did not spread.
The prosecutor asks that Roman K. be sentenced to six years in prison. The defense attorney advocates for 30 months. The biggest and worst fire in the series was not caused by your client. There is no evidence for this.
The court partly follows the lawyer. He assigns only five arson attacks to the fire devil. Find Roman K. guilty of multiple arson and multiple crimes. The court sentenced him to 48 months in prison, postponed to hospital treatment for alcohol addiction.
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