Are Germany’s judges as lenient as Britishj ones when dealing with violent criminals?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6647817/Afghan-migrant-stabbed-aid-worker-death-entitled-COMPENSATION-self-defence-ruling.html A teenage migrant who stabbed a refugee aid worker to death with a kitchen knife could be eligible for compensation for time spent in prison after judges ruled he acted in self-defence. The knifeman, named only as 18-year-old Afghan migrant Seyed M. due to German privacy laws, was accused of manslaughter after 20-year-old Jose M. died in a park in Ochtrup, north-west Germany, last May in a row over a girl. Jose M. was knifed six times - including once in the heart - with the knife the defendant kept hidden in his clothing. Jose had confronted Seyed M. after the Afghan reportedly became obsessed with a female friend of the victim, and constantly stalked her despite her pleas to be left alone. The Afghan was already facing deportation proceedings when he bumped into Jose in the park while carrying a five-and-a-half inch kitchen knife.