Overview

• On day five of the trial, judges continued questioning as Block denied commissioning the operation and said she learned of alleged violence only days later from media reports.
• Block described reuniting with her children on a farm near Pforzheim where masked men were present and said she intended to take them back to Hamburg.
• She testified she tried to pass an operative’s phone number to police via partner Gerhard Delling, while prosecutors cited a note that she was difficult to reach.
• Tensions rose in court, with the presiding judge warning the gallery and frequent clashes between Block’s lawyer and the father’s counsel during questioning.
• Proceedings are scheduled to resume on August 26, with Delling charged with aiding and international warrants for alleged operatives still outstanding.