Overview
- Judges found the 24-year-old gave birth at home in Freital and suffocated the infant shortly after delivery.
- A recycling facility worker discovered the newborn’s body in February after it had been placed in a bag in household biowaste.
- Prosecutors sought seven years in prison, while the defense argued there is no direct proof of suffocation and signaled a likely appeal.
- A forensic psychiatrist reported no severe psychiatric disorder but noted adjustment problems, which the court treated as mitigating.
- The court set aside the arrest warrant, so the non-final verdict does not entail immediate custody, and the ‘less serious case’ statute carries a one- to ten-year range.