Five South Koreans convicted in fatal German exorcism case

The court concluded that the defendants had genuinely believed they were driving a demon out of the woman's body.

A court in Germany has convicted five South Korean citizens over the death of a relative in an exorcism ritual at a Frankfurt hotel in 2015.

The Frankfurt regional court found the main defendant, a 44-year-old cousin of the victim, guilty of serious bodily harm resulting in death.