Attack against Borussia Dortmund: the assassin must have 14 years in prison

A good year and a half after the bombing of footballers Borussia Dortmund, the Dortmund Regional Court sentenced the murderer Sergey W. to 14 years in prison. The lawsuit had required for life.

The Dortmund District Court sentenced the accused Sergej W. to 14 years in prison for bombing the Borussia Dortmund team.

A little over a year and a half after the murder, the criminal court found the defendant guilty of attempted murder, explosive device explosion and dangerous bodily injury.

According to the court, the 29-year-old from Rottenburg am Neckar, on April 11, 2017, departing from the BVB Hotel Team Bus for the home match against AS Monaco, set off three explosive devices.

According to the indictment, his goal was to use the bombs to kill players and thus bring down the price from BVB. Sergej W. admitted to having built and exploded the bombs with metal pins. However, the German born in Russia denies any intention to kill. It was his only concern to spread fear and terror, he said in his confession. He had bet with warrants on a decline in the title and hoped for a profit of "several tens of thousands of euros".

"Disconcerted personality with disgusting movements"

In particular, the prosecution accused W. of attempted murder in 28 cases and of exploding explosives. She had asked him to be jailed for life.

His defense had argued for a prison sentence well below ten years. In her plea, she described Sergei W. as a deeply troubled personality, with narcissistic and indulgent traits.

Spanish central defender Marc Bartra was badly injured during the attack of the forearm during the attack. A policeman supposed to drive the bus on a motorcycle had been injured. The official is incapacitated today.

During the eleven-month trial, judges heard explosives and inventory experts and virtually all former bus occupants as witnesses. Defender Matthias Ginter, who plays for Borussia Mönchengladbach today, burst into tears. Guard Roman Weidenfeller, who was still active for Dortmund at that time, said: "The attack has changed my life."