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Tugce Albayrak: Teenager jailed for three years for causing the death of 'Germany's hero' | Tugce Albayrak: Teenager jailed for three years for causing the death of 'Germany's hero' |
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The teenager, who hit and caused the death of a student outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Germany last year, has been jailed for three years. | The teenager, who hit and caused the death of a student outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Germany last year, has been jailed for three years. |
Tugce Albayrak, 22 – and two friends – rushed to the aid of two teenage girls who were being harassed by several young men inside a bathroom in the McDonald’s on November 15. | Tugce Albayrak, 22 – and two friends – rushed to the aid of two teenage girls who were being harassed by several young men inside a bathroom in the McDonald’s on November 15. |
Later, outside, Sanel M reportedly hit Ms Albayrak on the head and she fell, unconscious, to the ground. | Later, outside, Sanel M reportedly hit Ms Albayrak on the head and she fell, unconscious, to the ground. |
The student sustained severe brain damage and fell into a coma. Pronounced brain dead on November 26, Ms Albayrak’s parents decided to remove her life support on November 28 – which would have been her 23rd birthday. | The student sustained severe brain damage and fell into a coma. Pronounced brain dead on November 26, Ms Albayrak’s parents decided to remove her life support on November 28 – which would have been her 23rd birthday. |
In the wake of her death, Ms Albayrak – who was of Turkish descent – was hailed as a hero across Germany and thousands of people joined candlelit vigils in her honour outside the Hesse restaurant where she confronted the attackers as well as other locations throughout Germany. | |
However, at the end of the sentencing, the chief state prosecutor, Alexander Homm, said the case was not as straight-forward as it had been reported because both sides had insulted each other before Ms Albayrak was attacked. | |
Neither Tugce Albayrak was the national hero she had been described as, nor was her attacker the type of person to knock people into a coma, he told the court. | Neither Tugce Albayrak was the national hero she had been described as, nor was her attacker the type of person to knock people into a coma, he told the court. |
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