Posted on 01/28/2002 2:24:34 PM PST by Sabertooth
Two self-styled Satanists on trial for a ritual killing should not be jailed for life as the victim's family wants, prosecutors have argued.
Daniel Ruda, 26, and his wife Manuela, 23, are accused of brutally murdering a former colleague last July.
The "not monstrous" couple in happier times.The 33-year-old victim was stabbed and beaten with a hammer in their apartment near the German town of Bochum.
Victim Frank Haagen.The couple were arrested in Jena five days after police launched a nationwide search. They have given a detailed confession to the killing, claiming that they acted "on the orders of Satan".
Presenting closing arguments, prosecutor Dieter Justinsky said the pair should be given sentences of 14 and 12 years respectively.
He rejected calls from the victim's parents for a life sentence, arguing that the pair showed diminished responsibility.
The couple are "not the monsters" portrayed in lurid reports in German media, but "deeply disturbed characters," he told the jury in the Bochum court.
"Alleged" satanic murderer, Manuela Ruda.The couple must be sent, at least initially, to a secure psychiatric facility, Justinsky said. The defendants have appeared in court dressed in black, striking poses for photographers and the packed public gallery.
German newspapers have provided exhaustive coverage of the proceedings and of the couple's accounts of occult rituals as well as the visions in which they were told to carry out the killing. The jury is to deliver its verdict on Thursday.
Of course they're not monsters.
They are excrement, however, and should be flushed.
The book that I read was called "The Red Ripper", written in the late 80's early 90's, not sure when it came out, I read it in 1991. Very creepy, very sadistic. This guy was severely messed up. The book was far more detailed, and filled ina lot of gaps that weren't in either the film or the documentary. I thought Steven Reah did a great job as the chief of detectives in Citizen X.
If you get a chance, I think you can pick up the book pretty cheap as a paperback at the discount book store. I think there are a couple others, but that one in particular was the most disturbing by far. It really dealt with his psychological problems, and goes pretty far to explain it from all points of view. I might have to go re-read that this year.
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