Overview
- Landgericht Hechingen convicted multiple defendants for holding and abusing a 17-year-old over four days to collect alleged drug debts.
- Sentences included six years and three months for the main perpetrator, terms of two years nine months to five years six months for five others, and a suspended one year eight months for an accomplice under juvenile law.
- The court found the victim was held at changing locations from April 11 until police freed him on the night of April 15, rejected his later recantation, and cited indications of attempted witness influence.
- In Frankfurt, a separate trial opened for three men accused of a June 20, 2025 home invasion in which a man was forced to undress, bound, and left for roughly 27 hours, leading to severe dehydration and kidney injury.
- Prosecutors say the Frankfurt suspects scouted the building, sabotaged cameras, entered via a roof terrace, stole items including a fake luxury watch, were arrested in July 2025, have remained silent, and face a planned verdict in April.