Overview
- Denmark’s process-admissions council declined to allow a further appeal, making Stephan Hensel’s sole custody and the ban on maternal contact legally final.
- The children remain under protective measures at a secret location in Denmark after judges cited severe trauma and the children’s clear wish to avoid contact with their mother, rejecting a new psychological assessment as harmful.
- At the Hamburg trial’s 34th hearing, the court heard from a close employee of Eugen Block, a bank branch staffer, and a police investigator, and prosecutors have previously closed an investigation into Eugen Block.
- Proceedings saw a tearful interruption after a defense request was denied, and the court signaled a timetable already set through June that could extend through the year.
- Later testimony included an Israeli co-defendant revising his account to say Christina Block met the operational team at Hamburg’s Grand Elysée days before the New Year 2023/24 abduction and again in southern Germany, which she denies ordering.