Berlin Court of Appeal - Trial against BND employee initially interrupted
The espionage trial against an alleged agent of the German Federal Intelligence Service (BND) has been interrupted for the time being. It is to be continued this Thursday (9.30 a.m.) before the Berlin Court of Appeal, as the presiding judge of the 6th Criminal Senate, Detlev Schmidt, said on Wednesday. Prior to this, the federal prosecution had read out parts of the indictment during the trial, which lasted almost two and a half hours with interruptions.
It accuses 53-year-old BND employee Carsten L. and his alleged accomplice Arthur E. (32) of treason in a particularly serious case. Because the indictment contains information which, in the view of the Federal Public Prosecutor's Office, requires special secrecy, it interrupted its presentation after 20 minutes and requested that the public be excluded.
The court then discussed how to proceed in this matter in camera. This was very controversial, explained Judge Schmidt afterwards. A number of aspects had been mentioned that the senate wanted and needed to consider at its leisure. The court will announce its decision at the continuation on Thursday.
The two German defendants are alleged to have betrayed secret information to the Russian secret service FSB in the fall of 2022 - a few months after the start of the Russian war against Ukraine - and each received several hundred thousand euros in "agent pay" for doing so. Both are in custody.
Court statement on the trial Statement on the indictment 8.9.2023 Criminal Code on treason Criminal Code on state secrets Information about the BND Statement on the arrest of Artur E. Statement on the arrest of Carsten L.
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Source: www.stern.de
