Overview

• Proceedings start Monday in Laufen before a different youth chamber, with 26 trial days scheduled and a verdict expected around December 19.
• The Federal Court of Justice overturned the prior conviction because the first trial's presiding judge exchanged undisclosed emails with the prosecutor, undermining impartiality.
• A court-appointed forensic psychologist found the main incriminating witness not credible, leading to the lifting of the arrest warrant and the defendant’s release pending retrial.
• Prosecutors maintain that the accused stalked Hanna with a sexual motive, struck her head, strangled her and threw her into the stream, and they again pursue a murder charge with treachery.
• The defence, led by Regina Rick, has submitted three expert reports arguing an accidental drowning in fast water and says the accused will not testify as it seeks a full acquittal.