A 57-year old defendant hides his face at the courtroom in Bielefeld, Germany, Thursday, March 7, 2019. A judge in Germany has found the man guilty of poisoning his co-workers’ sandwiches with mercury, lead acetate and other chemicals over several years and sentenced him to life in prison. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP) (Associated Press)BERLIN — A German man has been sentenced to life in prison for poisoning his co-workers’ sandwiches with mercury and other substances over several years, leaving one in a coma and two others with serious kidney damage. Two of them, a 27-year-old and the other age 67, suffered chronic kidney damage from poisoning with lead and cadmium. German news agency dpa quoted the judge saying the court considered the crimes to be as serious as homicide.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2019 15:15 UTC