Overview
- Prosecutors sought a 24-year term, but judges imposed eight years in a first-instance decision that the defense is expected to appeal, keeping Maja T. in Hungarian custody.
- Investigators allege she was linked to the so-called Hammerbande and involved in coordinated assaults in Budapest in February 2023 that left nine people injured, with evidence centered on surveillance footage.
- Other rulings in the case included seven years in absentia for Italian defendant Gabriele Marchesi and a suspended two-and-a-half-year sentence for Anna Christina Mehwald.
- The 25-year-old, who identifies as non-binary, reported harsh detention conditions and staged hunger strikes, while Germany’s Constitutional Court previously ruled her 2024 extradition to Hungary illegitimate.
- Government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs publicly praised the conviction, as allies including MEP Ilaria Salis condemned the trial as political, and any confirmed sentence could potentially be served in Germany subject to inter‑state agreement.