2021 incident archive
3 documented cases.
- Homicide in kronberg im taunus, DE
· Charged · 2 sources
A four-year-old girl died on 18 September 2021 at a dental practice in Kronberg im Taunus, Hesse, after being anaesthetised for dental treatment. The anaesthetist had drawn propofol contaminated with fungi and bacteria from a single vial and administered it to an adult patient and then to four children over the course of the day, working without the required assistance and in serious breach of hygiene rules. The girl, the last patient of the day, died that night of multi-organ failure; the three other children fell severely ill, and when their parents telephoned the following day the doctor told them the symptoms were normal and that no ambulance was needed. In November 2024 the regional court convicted him of manslaughter by omission and three counts of attempted manslaughter by omission, sentencing him to ten years and six months' imprisonment. In January 2026 the Federal Court of Justice overturned central parts of that verdict, finding that the regional court had set the threshold for a murder conviction too high, and ordered a fresh examination of whether he had acted to conceal his own errors. The retrial opened before the Frankfurt regional court on 19 August 2026, with prosecutors alleging murder on the grounds that he deliberately delayed emergency care. A verdict is expected in early October 2026.
- Homicide in grinzane cavour, IT
· Convicted · 2 sources
On 28 April 2021 three robbers entered a jeweller's shop in Grinzane Cavour, in the province of Cuneo. The jeweller shot and killed two of them and wounded the third. He was finally convicted of the double homicide and of the attempted murder of the third robber and sentenced to 14 years and 9 months' imprisonment, the courts having ruled out that he acted in lawful self-defence. In September 2026 the Supervisory Court of Turin rejected his request to defer the execution of his sentence, or alternatively to serve it under house arrest, while a petition for a pardon lodged with the President of the Republic by his wife is pending. The court held that the decision on clemency belongs exclusively to the Head of State and that the judiciary should not anticipate it, while acknowledging that the reaction of a person unjustly attacked cannot be measured with precision. He remains in prison at Bollate. On 17 September 2026 a further request to defer the execution of his sentence was ruled inadmissible, and he remains in custody while the pardon petition is pending.
- Homicide in sofia, BG
· Convicted · 2 sources
A 33-year-old woman was strangled at her home in Sofia in 2021. The investigation established that her husband killed her, and that his father helped to conceal the crime by transporting the body in a suitcase and dumping it in a tailings pond near Pernik. After she disappeared, her husband said publicly that she had gone to the gym and took part in the search for her. At first instance both men were sentenced to life imprisonment, the court accepting the prosecution's case that the killing was fully intentional and planned in advance, and ordering substantial damages to the victim's family. The proceedings at that instance concluded in under eleven months. On appeal the Sofia Appellate Court reduced the husband's sentence from life imprisonment to 20 years and acquitted his father entirely. The Supreme Court of Cassation heard the case on 24 September 2026. The day before the hearing, relatives and friends of the victim demonstrated outside the courthouse, calling for the case to be sent back for reconsideration. The exact date of the killing is not stated by any of the cited sources, which give only the year.