Overview

• The new hearing focuses solely on whether the 48-year-old was fully culpable at the time of the 2023 killing, not on whether the murder occurred.
• The Bundesgerichtshof had partially overturned the 2024 verdict, finding the justification for diminished responsibility legally insufficient.
• Prosecutors previously sought a life sentence and had also requested psychiatric hospitalization, disputing mitigating circumstances.
• In the original case, a court expert cited schizoaffective disorder and moderate depression, and the man had received psychiatric treatment since 2015.
• Proceedings are scheduled to resume on 17 September, with a defense statement expected and renewed testimony planned from the child's mother.