Man burns his pregnant teenage girlfriend alive because he's afraid be a father

Eren Toben burned his eight months heavily pregnant teenage lover alive because he didn’t want to be a father. the father-to-be, and his close friend lured his girlfriend, Maria Peiner, 19, into a wood on the outskirts and hit her with a piece of wood, stabbed her with a bread knife and then poured petrol over her and set her alight in Berlin. In Germany the killer and his accomplice friend were each caged for 14 years for the horrific crime.

Jud Regina Alex said of Toben, who hatched the plot:

“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."

Maria was eight months pregnant and looking forward to becoming a mother, the court heard.

But in January last year Toben, together with his old schoolpal Daniel Mueller, 20, lied to her that they were going to go shopping for baby clothes.

The judge said: 

“She was still conscious, it could have been 10, 20, 30 seconds - she was still moving.”

The body was found by a walker the next day and the pair responsible for her death were soon in custody and blaming each other.

But Toben's fingerprints were on the handle of the knife found near her charred remains.

Both remained silent during the trial.

Of his accomplice the judge said: "He acted for the sole purpose of taking pleasure in the destruction of another human being’s life.”

Speaking after the trial, Maria’s brother said; “I hope that our family can finally have some peace.”

Both men have been jailed for 14 years.