Because he killed his wife, who was in need of care, an 85-year-old from Bavaria should go to prison for eight years. The Munich district court sentenced the man to manslaughter on Monday, according to a court spokesman. The verdict is not yet legally binding.

Prosecutors accused the man of killing his wife in June. Accordingly, the couple lived in a shared apartment. However, since a brain hemorrhage in April, the woman had been in need of care and was dependent on her husband.

According to the public prosecutor's office, the defendant was increasingly overwhelmed with the care of his wife. The sole household management overstrained him accordingly. He also worried that his wife would be left helpless if something happened to him.

That is why he is said to have decided to kill his wife. According to the indictment, he beat her with the baton of an African percussion instrument, a so-called knobkierie. When she no longer resisted, he strangled her. The man then dialed 911. A suicide attempt failed.