There are questions from residents at Leipzig City Council meetings that simply fade into obscurity because the residents themselves do not step up to the microphone again to follow up. But the answers to their questions are still available in the council’s information system. And at the last council meeting on 30 September, a Leipzig […]
The case centred, amongst other things, on the Middle East conflict, Hamas, a death threat against members of the government and a controversial slogan: a female student appeared before Leipzig Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 29 September, to answer charges relating to several offences. Following a confession, the trial of the 31-year-old proceeded relatively smoothly. This […]
This growing city, with its limited road space, is also a constant source of potential conflict between cyclists and motorists. Of course, it does not always have to end as it did in the case that came before the Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 21 September 2026: a 47-year-old man is alleged to have deliberately run […]
The brutal incident took place almost six and a half years ago, and the trial at Leipzig Regional Court had failed twice: on Wednesday, the bench finally announced its verdict on the three defendants. The case concerned a brutal home invasion in Sellerhausen in April 2020, in which a firearm and a machete were used. […]
As the reasons for the judgement were read out, Ines F. struggled to contain her emotions: almost seven years after the last of two brutal attacks attributed to the far-left extremist scene, the Regional Court acquitted the accountant, thereby overturning a first-instance ruling. The court found that there was no conclusive evidence that the defendant […]
A father of three is alleged to have started a fire in a hotel in Leipzig city centre on New Year’s Eve, putting seven people’s lives at risk. However, on the second day of the trial at the Regional Court, 42-year-old Thomas B. admitted to a number of other offences – but on Monday, when […]
Following several months of proceedings, the Leipzig Regional Court has now found a man from Wurzen guilty of the attempted murder of his wife: it sentenced 62-year-old Steffen S. to a total of eight years’ imprisonment. His account of the events in July 2025 was disturbing. It was on 18 July 2025, late on a […]
She maintained her innocence, but the court did not believe her: on Wednesday, the Regional Court sentenced a young woman from Leipzig to six years’ imprisonment for manslaughter. The mother of three is alleged to have shaken her seven-month-old son so violently at the end of April 2024 that the ‘premature baby’ died a day […]
In Leipzig, the horror of 4 May 2026 still runs deep: on that day, a 33-year-old man drove a VW Taigo at high speed along Grimmaische Straße, killing two pedestrians and injuring several others, some seriously. Now that the public prosecutor’s office has brought charges against the alleged perpetrator, Jeffrey K., his court-appointed defence lawyer […]
This news also caused a stir internationally: on 4 May 2026, a 33-year-old man drove a VW Taigo at high speed through the pedestrian zone on Grimmaische Straße, killing two people and injuring several others, some seriously. The public prosecutor’s office has now officially charged the driver with, amongst other things, two counts of murder […]
A 24-year-old woman from Leipzig is alleged to have shaken her seven-month-old son so violently that he died the following day as a result of severe brain damage. On Friday, the woman, who is charged with manslaughter, denied the serious allegations against her at Leipzig Regional Court: ‘I have no explanation as to how the […]
In her own flat, he and an accomplice robbed a woman of 30,000 euros, which she had been keeping as a financial safety net for her retirement: the Leipzig Regional Court has now sentenced the perpetrator to a prison term. During the trial, 39-year-old Jan S. pleaded guilty to charges including aggravated robbery. His victim […]
Mika* was just seven months old: the child’s mother is alleged to have shaken the infant so violently in her Leipzig flat in 2024 that he suffered severe brain injuries, as a result of which he died the following day. The woman, now 24, has been standing trial for manslaughter at the Leipzig Regional Court […]
The trial of ENT specialist Gero Strauß at Leipzig Regional Court is likely to take longer than initially planned: the dates originally scheduled up to and including 18 August will not be sufficient, as was announced on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the fraud trial against the defendant continued with the examination of further witnesses. With the planned […]
These are allegations that leave one speechless: a man, now 68 years old, is alleged to have dragged his biological daughter onto a bed in his flat almost four years ago, touched her inappropriately and raped her. The defendant has been on trial at Leipzig Magistrates’ Court since Thursday, 30 July 2026. At the request […]
He was sorry, he wanted to apologise and he regretted his criminal actions, he emphasised several times during the trial: the Leipzig Regional Court has now handed down its verdict on a 28-year-old man. For years, the young man had been ordering expensive electronic goods using false personal details and, following a bogus return, had […]
The scam was simple – and worked for years until his arrest in early 2026: using a false identity, a young man ordered high-end electronics from online retailers, for which he claimed a refund following a bogus return, without actually returning the goods. Instead, he sometimes sold some of the goods on. Since Monday, 20 […]
Alleged forgery of a medical certificate, unexcused absence from the trial according to the court, a warrant for his arrest to ensure his attendance: Gero Strauß, an ENT specialist and former managing director of the Leipzig Head Centre, caused quite a stir at the Regional Court at times with his behaviour. The 54-year-old faces charges […]
He appeared before the Regional Court on charges of serious offences committed on Eisenbahnstraße in Leipzig, but was deemed not criminally responsible due to schizophrenia: the criminal division of the court has now ruled that the young man is to be permanently admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Among other things, the 22-year-old is alleged to […]
He had previously been admitted to a psychiatric ward after terrorising a family and causing the mother to lose most of her eyesight in a brutal attack: René M. must now be committed to a secure institution for an indefinite period, possibly for the rest of his life: The man, who suffers from paranoid schizophrenia, […]
He happened to bump into his former lover in a trendy bar in Leipzig – and is alleged to have attacked him twice with a knife in a fit of rage over an alleged rape. The prosecution classified the incident as attempted murder in conjunction with grievous bodily harm. However, the 35-year-old defendant has now, […]
The magistrate described it as a “serious collision”: Almost exactly one year after a night-time cycling accident in the Südvorstadt district, she sentenced a 62-year-old car driver on Friday to a hefty fine for allegedly leaving the scene of the accident without permission after colliding with a cyclist. On one key point, however, the facts […]
Warm light spills out from the living rooms onto the pavements. Snowflakes are dancing. The streets are deserted; the scent of incense candles wafts from cosy rooms. Presents lie beneath decorated fir trees. Little angels spin round and round, surrounded by Mary and Joseph, standing by a fretwork nativity scene. Candlelight casts the shadows of […]
The defendant’s failure to appear, suspicions of forging a medical certificate, a warrant for his arrest during the hearing – the trial of ENT specialist Gero Strauß has so far been full of twists and surprises, without even having really got into full swing. On Tuesday, Strauß, who stands accused of fraud, appeared once again […]
The defendant’s failure to appear, suspicions of forged medical certificates, a warrant for his arrest during the hearing – the trial of ENT specialist Gero Strauß has so far been full of twists and surprises, without even having really got into full swing. On Tuesday, Strauß, who stands accused of fraud, returned to the Regional […]
A 65-year-old man has been on trial at Leipzig Regional Court since Monday on a series of serious allegations: the prosecution accuses the defendant of serious sexual abuse of his own granddaughter, of whom he is also alleged to have taken pornographic images and possibly even offered the child to third parties. Shortly after the […]
Last week, he is alleged to have forged a medical certificate and managed to avoid being forcibly brought before the Leipzig Regional Court by travelling there by train. The fraud trial resumed on Tuesday with another bombshell: the accused ENT specialist, Gero Strauß, failed to appear at the hearing for the second time and submitted […]
The losses amount to more than 40 million euros: by promising a lucrative investment, a criminal group is alleged to have fraudulently deceived people, made massive profits and ‘laundered’ these funds via a global network. According to the Attorney General’s Office, Denisa H. acted as a kind of service provider, making the technical infrastructure available […]
He has been under investigation by the judicial authorities for some time, and must now answer charges at Leipzig Regional Court: the prosecution accuses the well-known ENT specialist, Prof. Gero Strauß, of serious fraud, breach of trust and making a false statutory declaration. Among other things, the 54-year-old is alleged to have used loans ostensibly […]
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