In sentencing Uka for murder Judge Thomas Sagebiel agreed with prosecutors there were aggravating circumstances that amounted to "particularly severe guilt," a move likely to prevent parole after fifteen years as is normally possible with German life sentences.
ウカに殺人で有罪宣告する際に、トーマス・サーゲビール裁判官は検察官に同意して、「特に厳しい罪」に達する腹立たしい状況、通常ドイツの終身刑で可能である１５年後の仮釈放を妨げる動きがあると言った。