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The first judgment was pronounced in the rocker trial before the Hagen district court. A 23-year-old was sentenced to a long prison term.
Under strict security precautions
In the rocker trial before the Hagen district court on Wednesday, one of the five defendants for attempted murder in unity with a violation of the War Weapons Control Act was sentenced to a total imprisonment of eight years and four months.
At least 13 shots in the café
According to a court spokesman, the 23-year-old member of the “Bandidos” rocker association stood before the Grand Criminal Chamber on January 4, 2019, shortly before 10.30 p.m., shots at head and waist height at the front door of the “Joker’s” café in Cologne -Buchheim to have given up. The “at least 13” projectiles from a Ceska submachine gun (model Skorpion 61) missed the guests at the well-known Hells Angel meeting.
According to the court spokesman, the total custodial sentence also included a narcotics offense elsewhere. In its ruling, the court also ordered inpatient drug therapy.
Defendant confesses
The 23-year-old confessed to having driven to Cologne with other Bandidos at the beginning of 2019. However, he claims to have fired the shots at the café by himself.
The background to the attack is said to have been a bloody turf war between the rocker bands Bandidos and Hells Angels. The “Joker’s” belongs to the father of a Hells Angels member.
No injuries in shooting
After the attack, the operator of the café described that the guests were playing cards peacefully at the time of the incident. Almost miraculously, there were no injuries in the alleged retaliation.
As a surveillance camera showed, the startled guests quickly threw themselves to the ground or holed up behind tables. The Cologne police chief Uwe Jacob was reminded of old cowboy times: “As if we were in the Wild West, people are bombarded here.”
Separated from the main proceedings
The Hagen district court was unable to determine who commissioned the attack when the 23-year-old now convicted was questioned. The trial against the young man had been separated from the main trial against alleged leading bandidos.
Since October 22, 2020, four men have had to answer under strict security precautions, among other things for the formation of a criminal organization.
Book published
Among them are the former founders of Bandidos MC Germany, Peter M. and Leslav H. The two rocker friends tried their hand at the book trade years ago. Her debut work “Pretty bad friends” was supposed to “give outsiders a unique insight into the secret world of rockers for the first time”.
