A motorboat crashes into a small boat with a couple on Lake Garda. Both die. The suspect Germans are only allowed to travel home. But now someone should come back.
Brescia – With a European arrest warrant, the judiciary in Brescia, northern Italy, wants to bring back one of the two German suspects in the case of the fatal boat accident on Lake Garda.
Several Italian media reported on Saturday that the public prosecutor’s office had requested the order because of the risk of the offense being repeated and the risk of escape. The investigating judge has already given the go-ahead for this. It is said to be the person from the two 52-year-olds from Munich who steered the boat.
According to media reports, the courts in Munich must now examine how to proceed with it. After the incident around two weeks ago, the two 52-year-olds were able to return to the Bavarian capital. This was also legal, her lawyer in Italy had declared at the time.
According to investigations, the motorboat with the Germans collided with a boat in the night from Saturday (June 19) to Sunday in which an Italian couple from the region around Salò, on the west bank of Lake Garda, was sitting. A man discovered the small boat with the dead 37-year-old in it on Sunday. Hours later, divers recovered the 25-year-old woman dead from the depths of Lake Garda. According to the medical examiner, she drowned, as the media reported.
The two Munich had later stated that they had not noticed the clash, as it was said from the office of their lawyer. One of the two took an alcohol test, which came back negative. The other refused because he was under no obligation to do so.
Most recently, the video from a surveillance camera, presumably from the night of the crime, caused a stir. It should have been seen how one of the two suspects fell into the water while docking in a port. According to his lawyer, the man had slipped in an abrupt maneuver. Some media, however, speculated that he was drunk. He is also said to have been the one who refused the alcohol test.
The public prosecutor in Italy is investigating the Germans for manslaughter and failure to provide assistance. They are said to have continued to drive after the collision without helping. The two were released shortly after the accident and traveled back to Munich. The families of the victims called for action against them, Ansa reported, citing the families’ lawyers. The lawyers welcomed the issuance of the European arrest warrant and told the news agency that it was an “effective response” to the irresponsible behavior of the two Germans. dpa
