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Munich Court Sentences Hanna S. to Five Years Over Budapest Attacks

The decision is not yet legally binding.

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Demonstranten stehen mit Schildern bei einer Kundgebung vor der Justizvollzugsanstalt (JVA) Stadelheim, wo der Fall Hanna S. vor dem Oberlandesgericht München verhandelt wurde.
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Overview

  • The Higher Regional Court in Munich found that Hanna S. took part in assaults on presumed right-wing participants during the February 2023 'Tag der Ehre' events in Budapest.
  • The sentence is considerably below the federal prosecutor’s nine-year request tied to attempted-murder allegations.
  • Prosecutors described victims being attacked with batons, a hammer and pepper spray, claims the defence rejected while seeking acquittal and compensation for time in pretrial detention.
  • The presiding judge called the Budapest violence a 'Menschenjagd' that could not be justified by claims of combating right-wing extremism.
  • The case forms part of the wider 'Budapest-Komplex,' with six related indictments at the Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf and other proceedings continuing, including one suspect extradited to Hungary.