GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsbürger
The Reichstag in Berlin. The alleged Reichsbürger plotters are accused of planning to storm the building and overthrow the government.The Reichstag in Berlin. The alleged Reichsbürger plotters are accused of planning to storm the building and overthrow the government.Eight alleged members of the German far-right Reichsbürger are to go on trial accused of a plot to violently overthrow the state, in the third in a row of similar court cases being held across the country.
At the centre of the alleged plot is Heinrich XIII Prince Reuß, a pseudo aristocrat and estate agent whom the group intended to appoint as its interim leader. He is on trial in Frankfurt alongside others considered to be among the ringleaders. Held at a high-security court in Munich, the trial of the so-called esoteric wing is, like two others taking place in“We have around 900 files of information and every day more and more pages are being added to them,” Laurent Lafleur, a spokesperson for the court, said ahead of the opening, explaining that the investigation continued even as the trials are up and running. Each defendant will be represented by two defence lawyers.
Among those on trial in Munich are Hildegard Leiding, 60, a member of the rightwing AfD party and an astrologer, who was allegedly destined to become the group’s “trans-communications minister”.
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