“I’ve never had a problem with that,” says Wieland. “It is in fact important to take another look at things on appeal. Perhaps there is additional evidence or the officer will come up with more case law. One college may also think differently about matters than the other. Ultimately, it is also people’s work. “
He does remember that in 2019 he was quite surprised by the court’s verdict, which then held it to manslaughter. “Yeah, come on, you go after your girlfriend, you stalk her and then take a gun out of your pocket and shoot her dead. That seems premeditated to me, doesn’t it?”
In the appeal case, the Public Prosecution Service showed surveillance footage showing E. Hümeyra chasing her into the school and eventually shooting her in the bicycle shed. When she is on the ground, he shoots several bullets through her head.
In the first court case, at the request of Hümeyra’s family and the defendant’s lawyer, the Public Prosecution Service limited itself to a description of what could be seen in the images. Showing these images directly in court for the judges may have made all the difference, says Wieland. “Images are of course much more penetrating. That can be just the last push.”
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