Overview

• On day 14 of the Hamburg trial, Block rejected claims she commissioned the 2023/24 operation and accused ex-husband Stephan Hensel of lying, urging the judge not to hear their daughter in open court.
• Judges upheld an earlier decision allowing seized digital material into evidence after defense lawyers argued the phone data were unlawfully obtained.
• Block described a 2021 visit to her daughter’s Danish school as a lawful approach to staff, not an attempted snatch, and said the children showed no fear during their brief January 2024 stay in Hamburg.
• Pressed on her parenting, Block conceded a light smack and brief physical restraint of her son during the pandemic but rejected allegations of violent behavior.
• Testimony touched on contacts with private security and high-profile figures, including Block’s acknowledgment that ex-BND chief August Hanning offered to reach out to Anders Fogh Rasmussen; the session ended with proceedings set to resume on October 7 and the timetable extended into spring.