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Liam Buckler & William McGee

Man who hacked his adoptive millionaire dad to death in bid to inherit fortune jailed for life

A man who hacked his adoptive millionaire dad to death in a bid to inherit his fortune has been jailed for life.

Victim Herbert S, 75, had lived alone in Cologne, Germany, following the death of his partner from cancer.

Native Afghan Hedayat S, a plumber, is believed to have targeted the childless OAP after meeting him on a golf course in Overath, Germany years earlier.

He was even adopted by the pensioner, but the two men ended up falling out just three months later.

The row came after Hedayat S - who lived in nearby Bergisch Gladbach - proposed to his longtime girlfriend but did not tell his adoptive dad.

The 32-year old with his longtime girlfriend (Newsflash)

When Herbert discovered the plan, he threatened to disinherit his adopted son.

So the 32-year-old plotted a deadly trap for his adoptive dad, the court heard.

Prosecutors argued that Hedayat S. had killed Herbert so he could inherit his millions before the OAP could write him out of his will.

On June 26 last year, Hedayat S. lured Herbert to an apartment building construction site.

There, he struck the OAP 17 times, said prosecutors, "probably with an axe", crushing his head and face.

He let his victim bleed to death before calling the emergency services and telling them his father had suffered a fall.

However, a few days later, the police arrested him.

The district court in Cologne, Germany, handed down the maximum sentence after finding greed-driven Hedayat S, 32, guilty of murder.

The sentence was reported by local media on July 28, and it's not clear if it can be appealed.

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