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Dad Busted for Kidnapping Daughter's Killer

German was trussed up, dumped at French courthouse

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 22, 2009 3:18 AM CDT

(Newser) – A French man has been arrested after the German convicted of killing his daughter was found bound, gagged, and dumped in front of a French courthouse. Cardiologist Dieter Krombach was found guilty in absentia by a French court for killing 14-year-old Kalinka Bamberski in 1982, but German authorities refused to hand him over because a court there ruled the cause of the girl's death was unknown.

The girl's father, André Bamberski, had long campaigned for Krombach's extradition, claiming the physician injected his daughter with a toxic substance in an attempt to rape her. Krombach was later convicted of sexually assaulting another female patient and barred from practicing medicine. Bamberski has been released on bail while authorities investigate the kidnapping, while Krombach remains in French custody and is likely to face a new trial.

Dad Andre Bamberski arrives at the Mulhouse courthouse in eastern France.
Dad Andre Bamberski arrives at the Mulhouse courthouse in eastern France.   (AP Photo)
Andre Bamberski arrives at the Mulhouse courthouse, eastern France, earlier this week.
Andre Bamberski arrives at the Mulhouse courthouse, eastern France, earlier this week.   (AP Photo)
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André Bamberski is a very religious man. He does not want revenge, he wants justice. - Robert Pince, the head of a campaign group set up by Bamberski

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COMMENTS
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grassisntgreener
Nov 5, 2009 1:51 AM CST
a hero.
bewilderbeast
Oct 28, 2009 11:16 AM CDT
You available for jury duty, Snif Snif Sniffer?
JimW
Oct 27, 2009 2:52 AM CDT
The guy's a hero. I just hope he took the liberty to lay a few good ones on that A-hole before he delivered him. What INCREDIBLE restraint he has. Personally, I would have had to bury whatever was left over by the time I got done with him.
 

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