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Germany's highest court court orders a retrial in the case of an immigrant who died in policy custody

VideoassistentenJanuary 7, 2010

Germany's High Court says a police officer acquitted in the death of an asylum seeker five years ago must stand trial again. The asylum seeker - Oury Yalloh from Sierra Leone - burned to death in a police cell in the eastern German city of Dessau. The court said the trial had to be reopened because too many questions remained unanswered.

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