Overview
- The trial at Munich I began on October 13, 2026, and the main defendant largely admitted the allegations while denying that he personally struck the tenant.
- Prosecutors have charged the men with attempted particularly serious robbery-extortion and dangerous bodily harm and asked the court for at least five years in prison.
- According to the indictment, on July 20, 2025 the owner used a sledgehammer to break a terrace door, the tenant suffered deep cuts and later a concussion, and the owner resisted arrest injuring a police officer.
- Defense lawyers say a €15,000 victim-offender settlement is close and seek probation for their clients, but the prosecutor argued that an organized violent eviction should preclude suspended sentences.
- The victim is a 46-year-old Ukrainian refugee whose rent was partly paid by the Jobcenter, and the case highlights legal limits on landlord ‘self-help’ and risks for vulnerable tenants; further hearings run through mid-December.