Overview
- Hamburg prosecutors confirmed they questioned David Barkay and suspended the international search under a safe-conduct order, with the warrant to be reactivated if he evades proceedings.
- Media reports citing investigators say Barkay told prosecutors that Christina Block knew of or ordered the operation, a claim prosecutors have not detailed publicly.
- Defense lawyers sought access to Barkay’s multi-day, 329-page interview and moved to pause the trial, arguing they must review the new material.
- The court entered its 23rd day by calling Astrid H., the Danish wife of Stephan Hensel, as a witness, while a detained co-defendant from Israel has already confessed to taking part.
- Christina Block’s father, Eugen Block, expanded an administrative complaint accusing the presiding judge of delay and bias over a parallel case against Hensel and his status as a co-complainant.