This fifth defendant business irks me, too: four men and a woman are already five, any further defendants with different sentences should be at least sixth. But that’s more on the journalist/editor, not you.
German law protects minors in such a way that the press can’t describe any distinguishing features in the news. So “Five well-defined people and a sixth vague person” typically means the sixth person is a child.
Only that the explanation is wrong.
For first a child can not judged for anything in Germany. If it would be a older than than 14 then it could be judged but only by a special court with special rules and laws. The chance that both sentences would be presented on the same day would be low.
The real answer is that they were 5 persons (4 men and 1 woman). 4 of them (including the woman) were considered as leaders (getting higher sentences), while another was only considered as a non-leader (getting a lower sentence).
I’m not seeing where you’re getting a child from.
This fifth defendant business irks me, too: four men and a woman are already five, any further defendants with different sentences should be at least sixth. But that’s more on the journalist/editor, not you.
German law protects minors in such a way that the press can’t describe any distinguishing features in the news. So “Five well-defined people and a sixth vague person” typically means the sixth person is a child.
Gotcha, that was the context I missed. Thanks!
Only that the explanation is wrong. For first a child can not judged for anything in Germany. If it would be a older than than 14 then it could be judged but only by a special court with special rules and laws. The chance that both sentences would be presented on the same day would be low. The real answer is that they were 5 persons (4 men and 1 woman). 4 of them (including the woman) were considered as leaders (getting higher sentences), while another was only considered as a non-leader (getting a lower sentence).