Overview

• A 28-year-old stands charged with manslaughter at the Frankfurt regional court over the June 2024 killing of a 45-year-old acquaintance.
• Prosecutors allege the defendant stabbed the man eleven times in a bar cellar after a night out in the Bahnhofsviertel involving crack and alcohol.
• The victim died in hospital hours after the attack, and the accused remains in pretrial detention.
• The defendant did not testify at the outset; according to the court, he twice called emergency services and appeared shocked on video recorded after the incident.
• A psychiatric expert is scheduled to testify, with hearings set to resume in three weeks and a possible verdict expected by late October, according to the court’s timeline.