Overview

• Court-appointed expert Professor Johannes Fuß told the Düsseldorf court there are no signs of psychosis and assessed the defendant as fully criminally responsible.
• Fuss reported a high relapse risk tied to radicalization, a lack of empathy and a fascination with violence, noting methodological caveats for testing people with refugee backgrounds.
• Judges issued a legal notice that the exceptional measure of preventive detention (Sicherungsverwahrung) may be imposed.
• The evidentiary phase is slated to close at the next hearing, with pleadings to follow and a verdict expected next week, according to court reporting.
• The 27-year-old Syrian, Issa al H., has confessed to the Solingen city festival stabbings that killed three and injured others, while staying silent on alleged IS membership after the group claimed the attack.