Murder of Marinus Schöberl

[5] After consuming copious amounts of alcohol, Marco S. began to claim that Schöberl looked “like a Jew” because of his bleached hair and baggy trousers and asked him to say that he was one.

In the trial before the Neuruppin regional court on 23 October 2003, a perpetrator who was underage at the time of the crime received a two-year youth sentence and was later released from custody.

[12] Another chamber of the Neuruppin regional court then imposed a three-year youth prison sentence on the man who was initially released.

[14] It was also reported in the press that Marco S., like his victim, had a speech impediment, had been bullied in kindergarten and had only completed the seventh grade of special school.

[15] On the initiative of Pastor Johannes Reimer, the community erected a memorial stone for Marinus Schöberl in front of the Potzlow church, which was donated by Berlin citizens.

The events were staged by Andres Veiel in 2005 in the play Der Kick by the Berlin Maxim-Gorki-Theater in a co-production with the Theater Basel.

His play Martinisommer [de] premiered in 2006 as part of the third Tyrolean Drama Festival in the Westbahntheater, Innsbruck, in cooperation with the Theater in der Altstadt, Meran, directed by Torsten Schilling.