‘Black Widow’ gets life in jail

A 69-YEAR-OLD former prostitute dubbed the Black Widow by the German press was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for the murder of four wealthy but frail elderly male companions.

Lydia Lassen-Berge’s accomplice, a 53-year-old man, was sentenced to 12 years in jail for carrying out the killings.

The court in Goettingen ruled that Lassen-Berge’s crimes were so serious that she will not be able to qualify for parole after 15 years in jail, as is usual under German law.