Overview
- The accused, described by authorities as homeless, is charged with deliberately setting multiple fires in the Theater Ulm depot near the station on the night of June 24–25.
- Prosecutors say he sought revenge for being ordered to leave the adjacent old post hall where he and others had set up an overnight shelter.
- The two‑storey warehouse nearly burned out, destroying most historical costumes and props, with estimated losses of about €5 million to the building and €8 million to inventory.
- The man, reportedly heavily intoxicated at the time, has declined to testify, is a repeat offender on probation, and has been held in pretrial detention since late September.
- The indictment has been filed to the large criminal chamber of the Ulm regional court, and the defendant’s psychiatric assessment is expected to inform the proceedings.