Condemned to life imprisonment a German couple for killing two Ukrainian women to kidnap their baby

A German court has sentenced a marriage to life sentence on perpetual chain Kill two Ukrainian refugeesmother and grandmother of a newborn to which they planned to kidnap and go through theirs.

The couple, partially identified by the German media as Marco O., 43, and his wife Ina, 45, was arrested in March, a week after the murders in which women were beaten until death.

The judges of the city of Mannheim have highlighted the seriousness of the crime, which makes less probable an early release After a minimum of 15 years, according to a court spokesman.

The motivation of the couple to commit the murder was their “long desire to have a daughter,” according to prosecutors. Already in March 2023, the couple began preparations for kidnap a baby that to be able to present as your own.

To carry out his plan, the wife joined a group of the Telegram messaging application for Organize the support to the Ukrainians fled from the Russian invasion. Through this platform, the couple came into contact with a 27 -year -old Ukrainian woman, named Margarita R., who was waiting for a daughter and looked for help with translations.

Shortly after the birth of the girl, mine, the German couple organized a dinner with the mother of the little girl; His mother, a 51 -year -old woman named Maryna S., and the newborn. In the encounter, the couple supplied sedatives to the victimsaccording to the Prosecutor’s Office.

When the grandmother of the little girl began to meet badly, the couple offered to take her to the hospital and to leave the mother and the baby home. However, the husband transferred Maryna to a lake, where He beaten to kill her and threw her body into the water.

Upon returning, the couple explained to the girl’s mother that grandmother had suffered a heart attack and was in the hospital. Now, instead of taking the woman and her daughter to the health center, she was transferred to an area next to the Rin River, near Hocknheim. There, the man killed the young woman, who was still stunned by drugs, “At least three” head blowsaccording to the Prosecutor’s Office.

The couple set fire to the body And he returned home with the girl, who at that time had five weeks and was found unharmed by the police. According to the newspaper Bild, Mia, who is now one year old, has been welcomed by her mother’s younger sister and her husband, who live in Ukraine.