Overview
- Vestre Landsret in Viborg upheld the Sønderborg ruling, granting Stephan Hensel sole custody and prohibiting Christina Block from any contact with the two minors.
- The court found no evidence of parental alienation in Denmark and said existing school, welfare and interview records made a new assessment unnecessary.
- Block called the decision shocking and said she will seek further remedies, potentially including Denmark’s Supreme Court and the European Court of Human Rights.
- The children continue to live with their father in Denmark under security measures and new identities following the disputed New Year 2023/24 incident.
- In the parallel Hamburg criminal case, Eugen Block filed a supervisory complaint against the presiding judge and said he will refuse to testify, while the court noted such a complaint has no direct effect on the ongoing trial.