GERMANY – A father-to-be killed his heavily pregnant girlfriend by burning her alive because he could not cope with the thought of becoming a parent, a court heard. Eren Toben, 20, lured his 19-year-old girlfriend Maria Peiner, who was eight months pregnant, into a wooded area in Berlin, Germany, before stabbing her with a bread knife and setting her alight. The court heard he wanted a ‘free, happy life’ and brutally murdered his partner and their unborn baby so he could avoid fatherhood.

He has now been jailed for 14 years, alongside his accomplice, Daniel Mueller, 20, who helped carry out the horrific murder. The court heard how the two men lured Miss Peiner into woods on the outskirts of Berlin to kill her. Judge Regina Alex said Toben hatched the plot, adding: ‘For him the crime was a solution, he wanted a free, happy life which he had control over. ‘He abused Maria’s love for him to lure her into an ambush.'(Daily Mail).(FOTO: bz-berlin.de)…[+]