Last week, Emily's teachers were convicted of negligent homicide by omission and are now appealing. The legal tussle over the student's death continues.

DTwo teachers who were convicted last Thursday by the Mönchengladbach district court of negligent homicide by omission have appealed. This means that the years-long legal tug-of-war in the case will continue. In June 2019, 13-year-old Emily, who was suffering from diabetes, died during a trip to London accompanied by educators.

The district court was convinced that the 60- and 34-year-old traveling companions had not informed themselves sufficiently in advance about the health of the participants. During the trial, the two officers claimed they were acting within their knowledge. Neither Emily nor her stepfather pointed out the disease to her at the information event.

However, the district court concluded that the teachers should have asked the students in writing about previous illnesses as part of their duty of care and supervision. If this had happened, according to the chamber, they would have known about Emily's diabetes, recognized her acute hyperglycemia earlier in London and thus could have prevented the girl's death.

The accused were sentenced to 180 days each. If you receive a fine over the 90 day rate, you are considered penalized.