Niklas P. Case: suspect remains jailed New investigations underway - detention review ends without result
Bonn · A review of the detention of the suspect in the case of Niklas P. ended yesterday without result.
Walid S., a main suspect who was present at the review, will therefore stay in custody, according to the Bonn prosecutor’s office. The reason: “There are new investigations, which could also be relevant for the question of a continued detention,” said state prosecutor Karen Essig yesterday.
The lawyer of 20-year-old Walid S., Martin Kretschmer, told GA that he was surprised by, what he calls, “the new approaches of the investigation.” Even the judge in the case was informed only on short notice about new investigations and possibly new evidence. It was not released by the state attorney nor the defense lawyer what these could be. But in light of that new turn, the lawyer asked for another postponement of a decision about the further detention of Walid S., who is suspected of having brutally attacked 17-year-old Niklas P. in the early morning hours of May 7 in Bad Godesberg, leading to his death a week later.
Already last week, the suspect’s lawyer had asked for a delay in the decision, asking for more time to study information that was collected by the state attorney’s office. A new date for a decision on the detention has not been set. If the Bonn court rules that not enough evidence has been gathered by the police and the prosecution, Walid S. could be released.
Orig. text: Rita Klein
