A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for causing a fatal accident while driving at high speed in the centre of Germany's southern city of Heilbronn. The Heilbronn District Court gave the defendant a juvenile sentence for murder and attempted murder in three cases. The verdict is not yet final. The court said the defendant, who was 20 years old at the time, was travelling at far too high a speed when he lost control of his 300-horsepower sports car in February last year. I
According to the authorities, raids were carried out in a total of 15 buildings in seven federal states. The actions recalled the darkest period in German history.