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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - A verdict in the trial for the murder of the Kassel District President Walter Lübcke is not expected until next year.
"This process will not end in December," said the presiding judge Thomas Sagebiel on Thursday in the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court (OLG), assessing the further course of the proceedings.
After the statements of the alleged perpetrator Stephan Ernst on questions from the Lübcke family, the Senate had many questions and wanted to confront the accused with inconsistencies, the judge said.
He accused the 47-year-old German of repeatedly making “situationally adapted” statements.
Ernst, who was accused of murder, is said to have shot Lübcke on the terrace of his house in June 2019. In addition, Ernst's former colleague Markus H. is charged with aiding and abetting. He is said to have influenced Ernst politically. The federal prosecutor's office assumes a right-wing extremist motive.