Overview

• On August 15, the trial’s fourth hearing resumed with Christina Block undergoing cross-examination over allegations she ordered her children’s New Year’s Eve 2023/24 abduction from Denmark.
• Block denied directing any violent operation and recounted hypothetical plans she discussed for retrieving her son and daughter, including by boat across the Flensburger Förde, by helicopter, and using disguises.
• She acknowledged entries in a seized notebook attributed to Cyber Cupula Operations GmbH, a private Israeli security firm that prosecutors say executed the abduction.
• Earlier in August, Block’s legal team changed when Otmar Kury stepped down and Ingo Bott was confirmed as her new court-appointed counsel, leading to procedural debates over seized electronic materials.
• Because a third defendant remains in custody, judges are treating the case as an accelerated procedure that requires a condensed schedule.