Overview

• The civil appeal at Oberlandesgericht Bamberg follows a May 2024 dismissal by Landgericht Hof of the mother’s €75,000 claim.
• The claim seeks €5,000 for each of 15 years that Peggy’s mother lived in uncertainty over her daughter’s fate.
• The case centers on a confession the former suspect made during an eight-to-ten-hour 2018 interrogation and later retracted as coerced.
• Judges signaled during the July 10 hearing that they saw no grounds to overturn the initial ruling after reviewing the evidence.
• A final verdict is scheduled for August 14, 2025.