Latest news Germany: Investigation against Fabian's father for false testimony
In Germany, the father of eight-year-old Fabian, who was last heard as a witness, is suspected of making false statements.
13.05.2026, 13:03
SDA
Corresponding investigations have been initiated against him, senior public prosecutor Harald Nowack said in a statement at the start of the fourth day of the trial in Rostock. The 35-year-old was questioned intensively for around one and a half days on April 30 and May 5.
The main hearing in the murder trial against a 30-year-old woman who, according to the indictment, killed the boy from the town of Güstrow last October, has been ongoing since the end of April. The long-standing relationship with the father and its termination is said to have played a role in this.
The father, who had already been questioned for hours during the trial, had recently said that he and the woman, who had been in custody since November 2025, were now a couple again. He believes in the woman's innocence. She has so far remained silent in the trial.
It is difficult to understand how a witness could change his testimony in such a way, Nowack emphasized with regard to previous questioning of the father by the police, among others. He was also unable to understand why he had resumed a relationship with the accused.
The accused had influenced him accordingly. She had tried to resume the relationship. After questioning Fabian's father, it was established that she had succeeded in doing so. The witness was also not interested in establishing the truth objectively, as he had not made use of the opportunity to inspect the files or to participate as a joint plaintiff.
Trial lasts longer
Including the fourth day of the trial, 14 hearings are still scheduled until July 2. The trial began on April 28. However, the presiding judge Holger Schütt announced that further trial dates would be necessary. Today, the jury chamber wants to agree an additional ten trial days with the parties involved.
