A GERMAN court awarded a man convicted of murdering an 11-year-old boy €3,000 in damages because a police officer had threatened violence during an interrogation.

A German court has awarded a man convicted of murdering an 11-year-old boy €3,000 in damages because a police officer had threatened violence during an interrogation.

A man who admitted killing an acquaintance he met on the internet was convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison today, following his retrial in a case that engrossed and appalled Germany.

A German court has approved the extradition of a Yemeni cleric and his assistant wanted by the US on charges of supporting al-Qaida.

A German law student charged with kidnapping and killing the 11-year-son of a prominent banker today failed to get the charges dropped because police had threatened him during interrogation.