Overview
- On June 12 the presiding judge announced a June 26, 2026 date for the verdict after the defendant used about 20 seconds for his final statement and showed no expressed remorse.
- Prosecutors have asked for a life sentence, a finding of particular severity of guilt and Sicherungsverwahrung, a preventive detention that can extend confinement after a prison term.
- More than 200 victims act as Nebenkläger and have backed the maximum penalty while the defense disputes the legal and psychiatric grounds for imposing Sicherungsverwahrung.
- Court evidence and prosecutors say the December 20, 2024 vehicle attack was planned, left six people dead and more than 300 injured, and a forensic expert diagnosed the defendant with a narcissistic personality disorder.
- The June 26 judgment will decide both the length of punishment and whether preventive detention applies, a legal step that would affect whether the defendant can be held beyond any prison term and shape victims' prospects for closure.