Overview
- The case involves allegations that a 45-year-old used an elaborate web of lies about the drug mafia, witness protection, BKA employment, implanted microchips and diseases to isolate his partner and her daughters, including locking the girls in rooms with only a bucket for the toilet.
- Prosecutors charge severe mistreatment of dependents tied to events from 2013 to 2019 in Bremen and Bremerhaven.
- The defendant presented a private doctor’s note claiming unfitness, which the court did not accept.
- A psychiatric expert through the court medical service in Hamburg is being assigned, and proceedings could begin on February 2 if he is deemed fit.
- The victims’ counsel plans to request that the public be excluded for protection, and the defendant remains out of custody after the court found no grounds such as flight risk.