Overview

• A 26-year-old member of Letzte Generation, now Neue Generation, was convicted for spraying Hamburg City Hall’s façade a day before King Charles and Queen Camilla’s March 2023 visit.
• The action resulted in over €17,000 in cleaning and restoration costs for the city, according to the prosecution.
• The court imposed 70 daily fines of €30 each—up from €25 based on his income—totaling €2,100.
• In court he acknowledged the political motive behind the protest and later expressed regret over the tactic’s public impact but not his environmental objectives.
• Judges noted his prior conviction for climate-related vandalism when determining the sentence.