Overview
- Prosecutors confirm Israeli suspect David Barkay was questioned in Hamburg under safe conduct, and the trial is paused until 10 December.
- Media citing interrogation records report Barkay claims Christina Block and family lawyer Andreas C. ordered a “bring kids home” operation and paid about €220,000 in cash.
- His account details a 28 December 2023 meeting at the Grand Elysée, a Signal group labeled BKH, surveillance of the father in Denmark, and items from Block meant to reassure the children.
- Block denies commissioning the abduction, while the defense faults prosecutors for interviewing Barkay outside the main hearing and stresses the presumption of innocence.
- A new suspect, former GNTM participant Jonathan C., is under investigation for an alleged operational role that included speaking to the children and violence against their father.