Overview

• The trial opened on September 24 at the Amtsgericht Hamburg, where the 39-year-old course leader is charged with negligent homicide by omission.
• According to the indictment, she attended to a crying child during a beginners' lesson, failed to notice that the girl lost her swim aid and sank, and the child died the next day despite resuscitation.
• Court testimony featured emotional statements from the defendant, who said, "Es tut mir so leid, ich würde mein Leben geben."
• The court scheduled a verdict for October 9, with reporting indicating possible outcomes ranging from a fine to a suspended sentence.
• Pool operator Bäderland paused classes after the 2023 incident, added additional water supervisors, began testing AI-assisted video monitoring, and a separate inquiry into the pool manager was dropped for lack of sufficient suspicion.