Overview
- On day 30 in Hamburg, a security-company employee testified she was hired on January 1, 2024 to guard the homes of Christina and Eugen Block, describing Eugen as the principal client and saying the task was to keep outsiders away.
- The witness said she learned shortly before the children’s January 2 return that they would arrive and recounted being told by an associate that a lawyer and an interior minister had affirmed custody lay with the mother, prompting the judge to question which minister was meant.
- She described Christina Block as emotionally strained on January 3 and initially reluctant to admit police and youth services, noting that lawyer Otmar Kury, co‑defendant Dr. Andreas C., and partner Gerhard Delling were present.
- Prosecutors are presenting details from a roughly 170‑page statement by crown witness Keren Tennenbaum asserting Block knew of the operation, wished the team luck, and that pressure came from family patriarch Eugen Block and the family lawyer.
- Alleged team leader David Barkay is testifying under strict security with a suspended arrest warrant, while Block denies involvement and her defense says only in‑court testimony should carry weight.