Ex-East German Stasi officer lodges appeal in Berlin Wall murder case

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2024-10-18

Berlin (dpa) - A former officer in communist East Germany's secret service, known as the Stasi, has appealed his murder conviction over a 1974 deadly shooting at a busy Cold War-era border crossing in divided Berlin. The former officer, now 80 years old, was convicted by a court in Berlin on Monday and sentenced to 10 years in prison. A court spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that he had lodged an appeal. German law usually carries a life sentence......

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