Kenting process against Lauterbach: Drama in the courtroom of Koblenz!

In Koblenz, the trial of a group of five defendants who are accused of having planned a citing of the German government and the kidnapping of Health Minister Karl Lauterbach shortly before the conclusion. The process, which takes place at the Koblenz Higher Regional Court, shows what explosiveness the case brings with it and where the main actors of the allegedly terrorist preliminary plan are.

like Lessentiel reported, including a 77-year-old and Sven Birkmann, in an unusual way held. Birkmann asked for his acquittal and moved parallel to Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, while the 77-year-old described the allegations in a detailed 44-page plea as "crumbled" and "faded". The federal prosecutor, on the other hand, calls for several years of prison for the accused.

planned actions and legal framework conditions

The defendant is charged that they would have caused a power failure, planned Lauterbach's kidnapping and a constituent assembly sought. The right to its own plea is anchored in the Code of Criminal Procedure (Paragraph 258). According to experts, however, self -plea, however, are unusual and often indicate a disturbed relationship of trust between the defense and the accused. Birkmann's lawyers explained that his plea was agreed.

like Stern.de , one of the accused is a 62-year-old man from the Odenwald, whom the preparation of a highly get-out company and the membership in one Terrorist association is accused. According to the indictment, he was part of the "Empire Group", which planned for gun violence in Germany. Lauterbach's kidnapping during a talk show was one of the planned actions.

The situation escalated so far that the perpetrators even accepted the killing of Lauterbach's bodyguards. The group had a gun and explosive procurement in mind and even had contact with a hidden investigator of the Rhineland-Palatinate State Criminal Police Office. The initial arrests of the alleged terrorists were already in April 2022 during a gun handover.

The trial against the five main accusations has been running since last year, and the Attorney General predicts that Plädoyers are expected from both sides on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. The judgment of the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court is to be announced on November 25th.