Overview

• The trial opens on July 14 at the Landgericht Berlin with 35 hearing dates scheduled through January 28, 2026.
• Prosecutors accuse the 40-year-old doctor of administering lethal drug mixtures without medical justification or patient consent.
• Authorities allege 12 women and three men aged between 25 and 94 were killed while under his palliative care between September 2021 and July 2024.
• The defendant has been held in pretrial detention since August 2024 and has not commented on the charges.
• The prosecution is seeking a life sentence, subsequent preventive detention and a lifelong ban on medical practice.