By Anne Losensky
Nico loves Rico, but she already loves Andy. Andy has to go, thinks Nico – and hires a hit man on the dark web, paid with a loan (22,000 euros).
“It should look like an accident or a robbery,” he says, “the faster the better.” Only Rico, the object of her desire, shouldn’t be hurt under any circumstances…
A male ménage-à-trois murderer before the Berlin District Court.
►There is Nico F. (28), the defendant. Restaurant manager, sad eyes. Assassination order March 7, 2022, arrest April 8, behind bars until September 27. Released again despite outrageous charge of attempted incitement to murder. threatened for life.
►Here’s what Rico F. (34), Nico’s great love, graphic designer, photographer says: “I met Nico at the gym. We both lived in Dresden. I had no romantic interest in him. He knew I was taken. The fact that we once became physically close after a party didn’t change that. Then I moved to Berlin with my partner”.
►Andy L. (38), potential victim, media designer says: “After twelve years of long-distance relationship, such a mistake is not nice, but it is no reason for separation. Then the police came to our door. Someone had paid for someone to kill me! I still have panic attacks today.
Witnesses: Andy L. (38, right) is supposed to be the murder victim. He has been in a stable relationship with Rico F. (34, left), the defendant’s great love, for twelve years Photo: Olaf Wagner
►Nico’s Confession: “I thought if Andy left my problems too would go away. Rico was good for me, I had a crush on him, I dressed like him. But after the one night stand, it didn’t give me any hope.”
She never met Rico’s husband in Berlin. Then he came across the killer offer on the darknet: “You could choose from a 10,000 euro killer list”.
Nico took out the money from a loan he had taken out for cosmetic nose surgery, paid for in bitcoin: “I clung to the thought, everything will be better after that.”
But then the rude awakening. The site manager wrote to him that he had fallen for a scam: “If I don’t want them to report me to the police, I should propose myself as a fake hitman. I would then get 30 percent of the killer’s salary.
According to the prosecutor, the police tracked down Nico F. through the searches of a journalist. Judgment on 8 December.
