Dresden, Germany - A German man was sentenced to life imprisonment without automatic parole on Wednesday, for the murder of Egyptian pharmacist Marwa el-Shirbini in a Dresden courtroom. Aleksandr (Alex) Wiens, who was born in Russia, stabbed the woman to death and severely injured her husband during a hearing in a Dresden courtroom on July 1, where he faced a fine for calling her an "Islamist" and a "slut".
The original incident between the two had occurred in 2008, in a children's playground in the city.
During the trial Wiens, 28, admitted that he hated foreigners, although he denied that the murder had been a racist act. He later said that he had "ruined" his own life, and wished that he had killed himself.
The sentence is the highest possible for murder in Germany, and practically rules out release after 15 years, which is often the case with murder convictions.
