Man charged for three killings: How he used the victims ' money

There was a bustle at atms, in shops, in taxis, even in a sexklub following the deaths of three elderly people. the Police have indicted the 27-year-old James

Ann McDonald
Ann McDonald
20 December 2019 Friday 11:00
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Man charged for three killings: How he used the victims ' money

There was a bustle at atms, in shops, in taxis, even in a sexklub following the deaths of three elderly people.

the Police have indicted the 27-year-old James Schmidt for seriemord to have strangled an 80-year-old man and two women at 81 and 82 years. The killings happened over a few weeks in February and march in the victims ' apartments in a residential complex in the area of Østerbro in Copenhagen.

the Man is also accused of having taken the victims ' debit cards and misused them in a large number of immediately after the killings.

In one case, was the 27-year-old according to the charge inside a sexklub at Vesterbro in copenhagen, where he in the course of a few minutes used the card to pay 60 dollars and subsequently 90 and $ 45. It came to pass, nine hours after he, according to the indictment had strangled one of his victims.

these are just some of the details, which can be read in the indictment, which Ekstra Bladet has had access to.

Here are described the indictment against the 27-year-old remand James Schmidt in detail, and how he abused the dead man's Visa - and Mastercard-debit card.

the Indictment describes how some of the transactions have gone through, while others are rejected at all atms.

James Schmidt refuses guilty of the charges for the three killings of elderly people in the area of Østerbro in Copenhagen. Private

the 112 - 13. dec. 2019 - at. 13:09 27-year-old accused of killing at Østerbro

the Vast majority of card payments has been about the smaller amount. The money has been spent on food and taxis.

9. march of this year was commissioned, according to the indictment food at. 17.12 for 562 kr. Well an hour later he tried to use a debit card in Imperial-cinema, but here the card was rejected. Ten minutes later troppede he up in another Nordic Filmbiograf, which he bought for 1305 kr. Here managed the transaction.

the Indictment describes how he good an hour after the first killing, where an 82-year-old woman was the victim, went out and used the woman's credit card.

the Woman was strangled in his apartment at 14 the time.

According to the indictment, he tried in vain to raise 1800 kr. in Jyske Bank's branch on Nørrebrogade 201. But kl. 19.47, he used the same card successfully in a business on Nørrebrogade in several stages.

the Trial of James Schmidt start 3. march. He refuses guilty.

the Case developed gradually, after one of the victims, the 81-year-old woman, was found dead 8. march of this year, The case kick-started the police investigation, because her relatives discovered that her credit card was abused after her death. Police believe she was killed 7. march.

the 112 - 17. mar. 2019 - at. 12:06 Why can the killing be hidden as a natural death

The younger man, who had had his time in the residential complex, where the elderly lived, was arrested, and later he was charged with two more killings of the elderly, whose deaths in the first place had not been designated as a criminal act. One of the victims had already been cremated, when the police came on the track of the possible seriedrabssag.

Prosecutor demands life imprisonment.

Updated: 20.12.2019 11:00