{"id":12807,"date":"2018-10-23T07:31:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:31:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=12807"},"modified":"2018-10-23T07:31:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T11:31:46","slug":"poisoned-baby-food-german-jailed-for-attempted-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2018\/10\/23\/poisoned-baby-food-german-jailed-for-attempted-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Poisoned baby food: German jailed for attempted murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man who contaminated adult and baby food in Germany has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison for attempted murder and extortion.<\/p>\n

The 54-year-old admitted placing poisoned jars of food in supermarkets and blackmailing retailers by offering to identify items, local media report.<\/p>\n

He targeted retailers in the southern city of Friedrichshafen last year.<\/p>\n

The food jars contained enough ethylene glycol, an odourless toxic liquid, to kill a child, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

Traces of the toxin were found in several products<\/a>\u00a0in large enough quantities to justify finding the man guilty of five counts of attempted murder, Germany’s Deutsche Welle reported.<\/p>\n

The colourless substance used for the contamination, which is an ingredient used in antifreeze, has a sweet taste and is known to attract children and animals.<\/p>\n

As he appeared at the court in the town of Ravensburg on Tuesday, the man admitted sending threatening emails warning that food would be poisoned throughout Europe unless he received almost \u20ac12m ($13m; \u00a310m).<\/p>\n

However his lawyer rejected the charge of attempted murder.<\/p>\n

The man also claimed to have a borderline personality disorder and said that he had consumed alcohol and painkillers at the time of his actions. This was rejected as a defence by the court after a psychiatrist concluded that he was well enough to be held responsible for his crimes.<\/p>\n

His actions last year led to a nationwide alert being issued after officials in the south of the country reported that food items had been tampered with. Authorities in the south-western state of Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg increased food safety checks as a result.<\/p>\n

The chief prosecutor, Peter Vobiller, said it was a matter of “luck” and good policing that no child had been hurt.<\/p>\n

The defendant has a week to appeal against the court’s decision.<\/p>\n

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Source: bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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