Ku'Damm racers get life

berlin - The two hogs which held a street race on the Kurfürstendamm in Berlin last year and caused a fatal accident were sentenced Monday to life imprisonment. The court considered the perpetrators, 28 and 25 years old, guilty of murder. She raged at speeds up to 170 kilometers on the busy boulevard. One of them rammed at an intersection the car of an innocent road user who was killed.

'Life imprisonment for murder along with inflicting grievous bodily harm,' the judge pronounced in accordance with the demand of the prosecutor. The second car driver received the same sentence for complicity. When he read his judgment was according to the German media a cry of approval by the full court. was sobbing to hear from relatives of the accused.

'Of course you did not intend to rob the person of life. But you acted according to a preconceived plan, 'the judge motivated his decision. The defense announced to enter an appeal. It is unprecedented in Germany that someone in a similar case has been punished so severely.