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 police raid has been taking place on Eisenbahnstraße in Leipzig since this afternoon. No details regarding the reasons behind it have yet emerged. Meanwhile, a high-profile appeal trial at the Regional Court ended with an acquittal after three days of hearings. The LZ summarises the key events from Tuesday, 15 September 2026, in Leipzig, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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