the main suspect named only as hussein kay came to germany as a refugee and he claims to be just sixteen years old the authorities said he was much older in court he confessed to the killing a mental health assessment found hussein kay fit to stand trial now the prosecution say he should be sentenced as an adult and they want a life sentence. it emerged that he already had a conviction for attempted murder after leaving afghanistan he went to the greek island of course food where he attacked a woman pushing her off a sea wall she was severely injured but survived for that hussein kay was sentenced to ten years in prison but he was released after two years on the condition that he register regularly with local authorities instead he fled to germany and in time that's another find them home to get unfortunately the greek authorities did not launch an international search. if they had the suspect would have been identified during routine checks. of. one of the open questions at least has been answered a medical examination showed that he was not a teenager but at least twenty two at the tim

our political correspondent kate brady has been following the story for us hi kate so hussein kay was sentenced to life in prison tell us what this verdict needs exactly so life in prison in japanese actually fifteen he is so in favor he could have been released in fifteen years' time but actually that's already been rolled out he's also been sentenced to preventive detention and that largely comes off the back of this evidence that was given in court from a psychiatrist who said that he was likely to commit a similar crime again of course we also heard in that report that he had previously pushed another woman off of a cliff in call food a few years earlier but the important point here is that he was in fact sentenced and tried as an adult not as a juvenile of course when he was first arrested he did say that he was seventeen years old and it's since come to light that he was in fact. x. that. they think that he's around twenty six years old and nuts. because of a tooth that was extracted back in two thousand and eight as a minor you have special rights which enable you to usually be

a mental health assessment found hussein kay fit to stand trial the prosecution say he should be sentenced as an adult and want a life sentence. it's emerged that he already had a conviction for attempted murder after leaving afghanistan he went to the greek island of corfu where he attacked a woman pushing her off a sea wall she was severely injured but survived. for that his same kay was sentenced to ten years in prison but he was released after two years on the condition that he register regularly with local authorities instead he fled to germany. and. unfortunately the greek authorities did not launch an international search. where if they had the suspect would have been identified during routine checks. for. one of the open questions at least has been answered and medical examination showed he was not a teenager but at least twenty two at the time of the killing if convicted he could be imprisoned for more than twenty years. our political correspondent kate brady is following this story for us hi kate this is been a hugely controversial case in germany and critics say that the problem