Overview
- In Munich a 59‑year‑old dominatrix went on trial Monday as prosecutors say she killed her 62‑year‑old longtime client in June 2025 to secure his estate and the court closed the room for her testimony to protect intimate privacy.
- At the Landgericht Heilbronn two men in their early 20s face charges of abducting and extorting a 28‑year‑old ex‑boss after a mid‑March confrontation that prosecutors say led to more than €87,000 of fraudulent online orders and on‑camera coercion.
- In Ingolstadt children and relatives have begun testifying in the trial of a 50‑year‑old accused of killing his ex‑wife in December as witnesses described long‑running threats, stalking and prior violent incidents.
- Prosecutors in Bremen have demanded life imprisonment with a finding of particular severity of guilt for a man charged with ambushing and fatally stabbing his 30‑year‑old ex‑partner on October 19, 2025, while the defense contests the evidence.
- Police and prosecutors continue investigations into a fatal Obertshausen attack after a 51‑year‑old woman died of injuries and her 57‑year‑old husband was arrested and remains in pretrial detention as forensic work proceeds.