Overview

• The trial at the Landgericht Heidelberg began with the mother declining to comment on the charges through her defense attorney.
• Prosecutors accuse her of injecting pathogens into her three-year-old daughter, causing severe infections and prolonged hospitalization in 2023.
• The mother faces charges of mistreatment of persons under care and dangerous bodily injury, each carrying up to ten years in prison.
• Psychiatric experts suspect the mother has Münchhausen-by-proxy syndrome, along with emotional instability and opioid addiction.
• The trial will feature six sessions through early June, with testimony from 19 witnesses and two expert evaluations to determine her criminal liability and mental health status.