German far-right gunman gets life for murder of politician Lübcke

A Frankfurt court has jailed a far-right sympathiser for life for murdering a prominent pro-migrant politician in his garden in 2019.

Walter Lübcke, a regional Christian Democrat (CDU) governor, was shot in the head at close range. He was 65.

Stephan Ernst, 47, admitted firing the shot at Lübcke's home. It was the first far-right political assassination in post-war Germany.

A second man identified only as Markus H got an 18-month suspended jail term.

Both defendants have a far-right background and prosecutors said the motive for the murder was their political extremism. Ernst was found to be motivated by "racism and xenophobia".