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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9808

20 December 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 39 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice

19/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - German national Klaus Bourquain cannot be sentenced a second time for the murder of a fellow soldier in 1961, the Court of Justice of the European Communities has ruled (case C-297/07). Bourquain shot and killed one Erich Deisler, who was trying to prevent him from deserting from the French Foreign Legion in Algeria. Condemned to death in absentia, Bourquain took refuge in the German Democratic Republic, where he became an author of children's books. Bourquain...

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