From Tübingen To Prague To Kill Taxi Drivers
In May 2014, two young men from Rottenburg/Tübingen district were convicted of killing a taxi driver in Prague. The two were interested in Satanism and vampirism and cited a desire for bloodlust as their motive.

Time of the crime:

June 8, 2013

Time of the crime until:

June 8, 2013

Judgment/Cause Date:

May 27, 2014

City:

Prague, perpetrators come from Rottenburg, Tübingen district

Federal state/region:

Baden-Württemberg

Country:

Germany, Czech Republic

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The 22-year-old perpetrator received a life sentence for murder by the Tübingen Regional Court, while the 17-year-old perpetrator received 10 years of youth imprisonment.

At the time of the crime they were 16 and 21 years old. The public was excluded from the trial, in which 70 witnesses were heard.

The two perpetrators had killed their victim with an axe and a wrench in a Prague cemetery. They had previously had the taxi driver take them there. When they were arrested, they confessed to the crime, but remained silent during the trial. After the murder, they took valuables from their victim and fled in a taxi. They left them behind a day later and took the train to Germany, where they were arrested because the Czech police found a letter with their name in the taxi.

The prosecutor reported in his indictment that the two had a strong interest in Satanism and vampirism . They are said to have watched extremely violent films from this scene. They also described themselves as “evil” and repeatedly announced such a bloody act to their doctors and carers. Otherwise, they had aggressive behavior but no previous convictions. During the course of the trial, however, Bild.de wrote, the public prosecutor saw no objective evidence that the men killed because of their satanic tendencies.

The Czech lawyer for the victim’s relatives was quoted by Focus-Online as saying that it was “not a normal murder” but that the motive was to take pleasure in the destruction of a human being.