Trial of suspected neo-Nazi delayed again
The postponement yesterday of the trial of Beate Zschaepe, 38, which had been due to start tomorrow, is the latest mishap to dog a case that has horrified Germans and exposed bungled investigations, a failure to share information, and an entrenched disregard for the far-right threat.
The Munich court had allocated 50 seats in the small courtroom to media on a first-come-first-served basis, but none went to Turkish journalists.
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Hide AdTurkish newspaper Sabah filed a lawsuit which the German Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe upheld, ruling that the Munich court must open up at least three more seats for foreign media.
Zschaepe is accused of being a founder member of neo-Nazi cell the National Socialist Underground and of complicity in the murder of eight Turks, a Greek, and a German policewoman, during a nearly decade-long killing spree.