Man on trial for attempting to murder wife with poisoned pizza
The man started a relationship with another woman online in 2022 and promised her a future together and children.
NUREMBERG - A German man went on trial on Thursday on charges of attempted murder after allegedly poisoning his wife seven times - including with a frozen pizza, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
The 56-year-old also faces charges of grievous bodily harm at the Bamberg Regional Court in the southern city of Bamberg.
According to the indictment, the man started a relationship with another woman online in 2022 and promised her a future together and children.
In order to be free for his new life, he allegedly decided to kill his wife in the summer of 2023.
According to the investigation, the accused searched "deadly poison for humans" and "aconite poisoning detectable" on Google.
He then allegedly ordered several plant poisons to his workplace. The public prosecutor's office accuses him of seven attempts to poison his partner between August 2023 and December 2024.
The woman survived each time, but was hospitalised in some cases and had to have a pacemaker fitted as a result of the poisoning.
During the last attempt in December 2024, the 56-year-old is said to have poisoned a frozen pizza that his wife and son ate.
The poison caused the mother and son to suffer massive cardiac arrhythmia and their lives were in acute danger. They only survived thanks to the rapid intervention of emergency doctors and paramedics.
Instead of informing the helpers who were fighting for their lives about the poisoning, the man is said to have followed this "without any great tension and without any compassion."
The following weekend, the accused travelled to France with his acquaintance, where he was finally arrested.
Investigators found remnants of the various plant poisons during searches. -BERNAMA-DPA
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