Overview
- The Vestre Landsret in Viborg upheld a Sønderborg ruling granting Stephan Hensel sole custody of the two minors and barring any contact with their mother.
- The court cited the children’s repeated statements rejecting contact with their mother and referenced documentation from 2024–2025 in reaching its decision.
- Judges declined a fresh psychological assessment, saying further examination would harm the children, and found no parental alienation by Hensel.
- Reports note the children live in Denmark under security measures, including secret identities, which the court said make contact impracticable.
- Christina Block called the decision shocking and said she will pursue further legal avenues in Denmark and potentially at the European Court of Human Rights, while her separate Hamburg criminal trial over the alleged 2023/24 abduction continues unaffected.