Honecker Trial Judge Ousted Over Autograph
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BERLIN — The judge in Erich Honecker’s manslaughter trial was removed Tuesday for relaying an autograph request to the ousted East German leader, a court spokesman said.
Spokesman Bruno Rautenberg said that Chief Judge Hansgeorg Braeutigam will be replaced by Assistant Judge Hans Boss in the trial, which is scheduled to resume Thursday.
Honecker, 80, is charged with manslaughter stemming from the deaths of East Germans killed while trying to flee to West Germany before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.
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