Anger, hatred and envy on the popular "Ecki"

"Ecki" is dead - shot in April by his neighbors who were so different. "Ecki," the popular man from the village and the zugezogene lone wolf - that was after the judge's descriptions of the breeding ground for a murder with which nobody could have expected. The court sentenced the 56-year-old murderer on Monday to life in prison

Superficially was about noise nuisance. The 33-year-old "Ecki" dwelt on his future murderer. The old house had wooden ceilings, which each step down transferred. It was about loud music, steps and "knock" in the night. It is no longer greeted. And finally we had fear for each other. "The reasons for the killing are much more complicated. A combination of many factors, which in itself harmless, but in combination should be fatal, "said Nohl.

Two characters, how they could scarcely be more different, had lived together in confined spaces: The perpetrator, a shift worker who worked all his life had separated from the woman, no contact with the children, small apartment, reclusive. "With 55 years you will see his life a little differently," said Nohl. He was disturbed by his neighbors felt. Today, the 56-year-old was assumed that the Younger deliberately provoked him and had annoyed. Besides anger and hatred have perhaps envy the carefree lives of others played a role, even though the neighbor was unemployed.

"Both the others could not understand. Both were not in the other hineinversetzen, "said Nohl. At the end of April was the maypole in the village situated. "Ecki" helped. In the afternoon there was beer, and at night the man went angetrunken home. He was probably not very quietly up the stairs, withdrew shorts, T-shirt and slippers, since the electricity away soon.

He could imagine that the neighbor was again. He took his mobile phone, presented as always from the counterparty mistrust of the sound recording and went to the electricity box in the yard. He did not know that he was in a deadly ambush ran. The neighbor had given his gun already loaded. "Ecki" handled at the fuse box, muttered "Where do I want ..." Shortly thereafter fell nine shots. The Tonmitschnitt was in the process become an important evidence.

The neighbor fired eight times more than the victim after the first shot collapsed. The balls met the man behind. The court saw no evidence of defense, as the accused had claimed. "A defense, an attack with the hammer, it never existed," said Nohl.

Relatives and friends on the last Prozesstag wore black T-shirts with a picture of the victim on the chest, a man with a sympathetic smile. On the back of the lettering: "You never walk alone." As the judge announced the sentence, there was a sigh of relief through the hall. After the verdict justification applauded the spectators. Perhaps it was the tension which had published. Indeed, shortly thereafter, many in tears.