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Werner Pinzner (27 April 1947, Bramfeld – 29 July 1986, Hamburg), also called "Mucki", was a German contract killer who became known as the "St. Pauli Killer". He was responsible for a series of contract killings and gained nationwide attention in 1986 when he fatally shot the investigating public prosecutor during interrogation and then killed his own wife before taking his own life at the Hamburg police headquarters. The case had political consequences in the city of Hamburg and is considered one of the most "spectacular" cases in the criminal history of the Federal Republic of Germany. Pinzner is also believed to have killed between seven and ten people before the Hamburg police headquarters incident. Early life Werner Pinzner was born on 27 April 1947 in Bramfeld, the son of a radio mechanic and a grocery chain store manager. After dropping out of school without a degree, he went to sea with the International Christian Maritime Association for two years in 1964. In 1966 he worked as a driver for a few weeks and then briefly went to sea again. He attempted to become a regular soldier in the German Armed Forces but failed due to previous convictions. Shortly after, he met his first wife. In 1970, he was sentenced to a short term of imprisonment for the first time, and his daughter was born the following year. After her birth, Pinzner worked as a scaffolder, tiler and butcher. In August 1975, he took part in a robbery at a supermarket, where one of the perpetrators shot the store manager. Pinzner was arrested in September 1975 and sentenced to ten years in prison. Before he was sentenced, he met his second wife, Jutta. He served nine years of sentence in Fuhlsbüttel prison; then moved to Vierlande open prison. During his stay in prison, he met people of some importance in the red-light district of Hamburg. Pinzner also came into contact with drugs. Pinzner was able to buy a .38 Special calibre Arminius revolver and store it in his locker in prison, which the Hamburg penal system offered every inmate in an open prison and which was never searched. In June 1984, while he was on day release, he took part in a robbery with two accomplices from the red-light district and committed his first contract killing the following month, even before his release. In July 1984, he was released from the open prison. Assassinations Pinzner worked as a contract killer in the red-light district. He committed crimes nationwide, but essentially these were related to clashes in the red-light district of St. Pauli, Hamburg. Pinzner's primary client was a pimp nicknamed "Wiener Peter". Hamburger Kiez at the time of Pinzner's murders The pimps of Hamburg's red-light district operated brothels in Hamburg and nationwide. However, prostitution experienced a significant decline in the 1980s as fears of HIV infection increased. At the same time, foreigners began to spread in the red-light districts alongside German pimps. The pimps initially reacted with more brutal methods of exploiting the prostitutes. However, drug trafficking also increased, as did other illegal activities such as arms dealing or possession of stolen goods, to the source of income. In addition to the expansion to other business areas, there were increased disputes about prostitution and drug trafficking. The contract killings committed by Pinzner were part of these violent clashes. In St. Pauli, particularly along Herbertstraße and at the Reeperbahn, two groups of pimps had formed, vying for influence: the more established so-called GMBH and the emerging Nutella gang. The Hells Angels, used by both groups for henchman services, also played a certain role as debt collectors. The GMBH was finally gradually pushed out by a group around "Wiener Peter", who later became Pinzner's main client. The individual assassinations Yehuda Arzi Yehuda Arzi, or Hans Jenö Müller, was a former brothel owner who used his mother's past as a brothel owner to blackmail his former wife and daughter. He was also involved in an unpaid cocaine deal which forced him to run away from his wife and business partners in an apartment in Kiel. Mediated by the "Wiener Peter", Arzi's ex-wife and daughter first asked Pinzner to cut off one of Arzi's fingers to intimidate him; however, later, they asked Pinzner to kill Arzi. He stated that he would kill Arzi for DM 40,000 (equivalent to €20,090 in 2021). On behalf of his ex-wife and daughter, Pinzner finally went to Kiel with an accomplice, Hockauf, and shot Arzi in his apartment on 7 July 1984. Although the former wife and daughter were identified relatively quickly as suspects, the proceedings against the two were initially discontinued due to a lack of evidence. After the crime, Pinzner returned to the open Vierlande Prison prison, where he deposited the weapon back in his locker. Peter Pfeilmaier Peter Pfeilmaier, called "Bayern Peter", was a partner in the brothel of "Hammer Deich" and the "MB Club". The club served illegal gambling, the use of cocaine by members, and drug trafficking. Pfeilmaier became an economic risk for his partner due to his increasing cocaine consumption and business-damaging behaviour in the brothel. The partner offered "Wiener Peter" a stake in Pfeilmaier's place. Pinzner was commissioned to assassinate Pfeilmaier. He was to receive DM 15,000 (equivalent to €7,530 in 2021) from each of the two new partners and a share in a brothel. Instead, with the help of an accomplice, Pinzner lured Pfeilmaier, promising a larger drug deal to be carried out in a quiet place. He went with the accomplice and the victim on 12 September 1984 in his car to a garage complex at Hirsekamp in Hamburg, Bramfeld, where Pfeilmaier was shot in the head. However, Pinzner did not receive the promised participation in the brothel; rather, he was to work as a collector at the "Hammer Deich". His accomplice kept part of the promised money. Dietmar Traub Dietmar "Lackschuh" Traub ran the Palais d'Amour (lit. 'Palace of Love') brothel together with "Wiener Peter". Due to his high cocaine consumption, Traub also became a burden for his partner. In addition, he wanted to withdraw from his involvement in the brothel in exchange for a compensation payment of DM 100,000 (equivalent to €50,230 in 2021) and to run drug deals independently of his partner. However, Traub stayed away from the neighbourhood more and more. In November 1984, Traub went to Munich to check on a prostitute. Pinzner followed him with an accomplice who had just been released from prison. The two stopped in Heilbronn, where they obtained an alibi from a brothel known as the "Chief of Heilbronn". Then they went to Munich. As with Pfeilmaier, the later victim was offered a fictitious drug deal. Traub agreed. The three went to the Hohenbrunn forest in a rental car. Pinzner and his accomplice faked a car breakdown and shot Traub after he got out. Waldemar Dammer and Ralf Kühne Waldemar Dammer, known as "Neger [German for Negro] Waldi", ran two .... Discover the Katrin Kastell popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Katrin Kastell books.