Overview
- Two men are on trial at the Landgericht Heilbronn this week accused of abducting, torturing and extorting their 28‑year‑old former boss, forcing him on camera to make false statements and using his accounts to order more than €87,000 of goods.
- In Bremen prosecutors have demanded life imprisonment with a finding of particular gravity in the October 2025 killing of a 30‑year‑old woman, and the defendant remains on trial after being arrested in April.
- At the Ingolstadt trial a 50‑year‑old defendant is accused of killing his ex‑wife last winter, and two of the couple’s children gave emotional testimony describing prior violence and the scene they found.
- The Bundesrat’s approval finalizes the government’s Gefährdungshaftung for e‑scooters, a rule that shifts the burden of proof onto riders or, for rental scooters, the operator and requires rental firms to meet stronger documentation and safety duties so victims can recover damages more easily.
- Police activity and traffic investigations continue across the country with recent cases including a 17‑year‑old cyclist run over and killed in Herten, a Spanish driver stopped twice on the A6 with forged documents and a heavy‑transport incident in Hesse that spilled a ten‑ton counterweight onto the road.