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Hamburg Child-Abduction Trial: Hensel Finishes Testimony as Judge Bars Leak Questions and Ejects PR Adviser

The case centers on whether Christina Block commissioned a cross-border seizure of her two children by private operatives on New Year’s Eve 2023/24.

Nebenkläger Stephan Hensel, Ex-Ehemann und Vater der Kinder von Block, vor dem Hamburger Landgericht
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Overview

  • Hensel completed a fifth day of testimony, facing intensive questioning from defense lawyers about the custody history and his conduct.
  • He confirmed he shared trial documents with his wife, while the court blocked broader queries about alleged disclosures to third parties because of a separate investigation.
  • The presiding judge removed Block’s PR adviser Béla Anda from the public gallery as a potential witness, and Hensel’s lawyer said he plans to seek his testimony.
  • Accused operative Tal S., in custody, delivered a statement taking responsibility for Hensel’s injuries, disputing a detail about a metal cord, and issuing an apology.
  • Hensel said he pursued supervised visitation in Denmark that Block declined, as child-welfare experts engage and the daughter expresses a wish to testify while the son likely will not.