The criminal trial of 14 Hell's Angels members in the western German city of Hanover came to a quick and unexpected end only a day after it started

It was an attack marked by "extreme brutality," investigators said. But now 14 Hell's Angels members in Germany will receive reduced and suspended sentences after one of the accused changed his mind about providing testimony for the prosecution.
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