Overview

• The morning session at Stralsund District Court begins with expert findings on the fishing boat’s speed and the lighting of the leisure vessel.
• The defendant, a 38-year-old boat operator, faces charges of negligent homicide after his sport-fishing boat struck a family’s craft on August 16, 2022.
• The collision in the southern Saaler Bodden killed a 66-year-old woman and seriously injured several other passengers.
• This trial has been underway since late March following the operator’s appeal of a May 2024 order imposing a nine-month suspended sentence and a €2,000 charity payment.
• After closing arguments, the court is set to decide whether the operator’s actions meet the threshold for criminal negligence.