Abuse victim shoots his tormentor dead Olten court convicts Ruben D. of intentional homicide

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23.8.2024 - 08:28

A difficult case for the Olten-Gösgen magistrates' court: a 28-year-old man killed a 60-year-old man two years ago. The man who was killed had sexually exploited the accused for years. (archive picture)
A difficult case for the Olten-Gösgen magistrates' court: a 28-year-old man killed a 60-year-old man two years ago. The man who was killed had sexually exploited the accused for years. (archive picture)
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The Olten-Gösgen SO court found 28-year-old Ruben D. guilty of intentional homicide and sentenced him to eight years in prison. The perpetrator shot and killed a 60-year-old man who had sexually exploited him.

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  • The Olten-Gösten SO court has found a 28-year-old Swiss man guilty of the premeditated murder of a 60-year-old man and sentenced him to eight years' imprisonment.
  • During the trial, it was revealed that the victim of the violent crime had sexually exploited the perpetrator for years.
  • The public prosecutor's office charged the 28-year-old with murder.

The judge's office opened the verdict against the accused on Friday morning. The Swiss man, who is a rapper and is known in the media as Ruben D., killed the victim on the banks of the River Aare in Winznau SO on the night of September 7 to 8, 2022, using massive physical violence and a shot from a revolver. The victim was found in the bushes one day after the crime.

The accused has confessed to the crime. The public prosecutor charged the 28-year-old with murder and demanded a prison sentence of 16 years.

The defense pleaded manslaughter. The court should only impose a fine. At the trial last week, it emerged that the accused had been sexually exploited by the man who was killed for 15 years. The defense spoke of a "selfish sex offender".