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Monika (* 13 April 1958) is a German nurse, who was accused of of the murder of their two children Melanie and Karola Weimar in the year 1986 and condemned after an indication process 1988 because of double murder to life imprisonment. The case provided to end of the 1990er years for large interest of medium. Besides the chronology of the legal proceedings is remarkable against Monika (before times Weimar) with the repeated abolition of the judgements, among other things by the Federal High Court.
Monika had married as pure hard Weimar and with this together two daughters, the family lived in the hessian village sipping. On 4 August 1986 the 7 became - and/or girl of their nut/mother misses announced.
Three days later, found on 7 August 1986, the corpses of the two children with bath Hersfeld in Hessen, Melanie to a parking lot of the highway 3255 between and Herfa and Karola a little later four kilometers far away from it at a shut down piece of road of the highway 3306 between and game-hit a corner in the Bengendorfer reason, lying in the bushes.
After first the father was suspected, the determinations concentrated soon on the nut/mother of the two children, Monika Weimar, which had at this time a relationship with the US-American soldier Kevin Pratt. She was arrested on 27 October 1986 because of murder suspicion and condemned on basis of an indication process on 8 January 1988 to lifelong imprisonment.
Monika Weimar, which accepted its maiden name after the divorce of pure hard Weimar again protested however its innocence and tried several times to reach a resumption of the procedure. On 17 February 1989 the Federal High Court rejected this request, to 2. May rejected also the Federal Constitutional Court the constitutional complaint. After new appraisals main header the higher regional court Frankfurt the judgement on 4 December 1995 because of new proof situation up. Starting from 5 June 1996 Monika stood in pouring before court and after 55 days of the hearing on 24 April 1997 was acquitted again. '' A double murder - two procedures - of two judgements '', in: Rhine newspaper, 19. March 1998
The writ of error of the public prosecutor's office against the acquietal several times one negotiated, until on 6 November 1998 the Federal High Court arranged a new and thus third process. This began however only on 2 September 1999 and ended on 22 December with the renewed condemnation Monika of The revision rejected the Federal High Court on 27 August 2000, afterwards Monika returned to the prison. Rainer Hamm: '' Chronology of the criminal procedure against Monika Weimar with place of discovery references and standards which can be treated '', up: Homepage of the law office Professor Dr. Hamm and Partner
The reopening of the proceedings stood in a large interest of medium. A disputed aspect was thereby the direct participation of the week magazine star. This itself after a meeting between the defender Monika involved of Gerhard Strate and the star editor-in-chief Thomas Osterkorn with 50.000 DM at the costs. But required the star exclusive rights, which hurt it saw after the sensational release from custody Monika of on 4 December 1995, since this expressed itself directly thereafter also in relation to other media. The magazine sued lawyer Strate before that Hamburg Landgericht.Viola Roggenkamp: '' The process around Monika Weimar: "Star" and "mirrors" help with '', in: The time 24/1996
After the dismissal Monika of supported again the star competitor of the mirrors the father of the murdered children pure hard Weimar with 20.000 DM, since this came by the new process likewise again into suspicion.
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