https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A German woman who drowned her five-year-old grandson in the bath to “save him from growing up with divorced parents” escaped the death sentence on Monday, after a US court sentenced her to 21 years in jail for manslaughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20120925/45169 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 10:20:00 +0200 45169 A German grandmother who was to be tried on Monday in Florida accused of drowning her grandson, was insane – at least partly due to an injury she suffered in World War II, her defence has argued, delaying the trial. https://www.thelocal.de/20120731/44071 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:50:00 +0200 44071 A German grandmother could face the death penalty in Florida after a court ruled she was stable enough to be tried for the murder of her grandson, who she allegedly drowned in a bathtub while on holiday to see him. https://www.thelocal.de/20111110/38781 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 10:04:00 +0100 38781 A 71-year-old German woman has been arrested in Florida for murdering her grandson to keep him from growing up with divorced parents in the United States. https://www.thelocal.de/20100107/24409 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:42:00 +0100 24409