What does the geodata from Christina Block's cell phone prove?

In the trial surrounding the kidnapping of the Block children, the defense and public prosecutor exchanged blows over numerous new applications for evidence.

The representative of the prosecution criticized the “delaying of the process”.

Lawyer Ingo Bott, who defends the mother of the two children, Christina Block, rejected the accusation as absurd.

All of this is important for finding the truth, because the applications show a lot of exculpatory evidence.

Shortly before a deadline set for October 28th, 860 pages of applications were received by the Hamburg Regional Court.

According to the presiding judge, 840 pages alone came from lawyer Bott.

On this 84th day of the hearing, those involved in the trial had the opportunity to comment on the applications that the court must decide on.

The children's mother is charged

The Hamburg entrepreneur Block is accused of having commissioned an Israeli security company to kidnap her two youngest children from their father's home in southern Denmark to Germany after a custody dispute.

She denies that.

There are six other defendants, including Block's partner Gerhard Delling.

The former sports presenter also denies doing anything wrong.

According to Bott, his new evidence applications are primarily about the geodata from Christina Block's cell phone.

These proved that his client could not have been at the alleged meeting point in the “Grand Elysée” hotel at the time of an alleged meeting with the alleged kidnappers on December 28th or 29th, 2023.

The children were brought to Germany the following New Year's Eve.

Block's cell phone was confiscated by the Hamburg police a few hours after the kidnapping.

However, the data was only recently made available to those involved in the process.

Defender: Voice message full of hopelessness

A voice message from Block to a friend on New Year's Eve must also be introduced, Bott demanded.

She shows her hopelessness to get back in touch with her children.

She couldn't have known anything about the impending crime a few hours later.

The complaint process surrounding the seizure of audio recordings with the father's family in Denmark for the podcast "Zeit Crime: House of Block" from a "Zeit" journalist was not discussed on this short day of the trial.

So far, the chamber has scheduled hearings until December 18th.

However, it became clear in the courtroom that the trial could take longer and those involved in the trial had already been asked about possible dates until February.

The next day of the hearing is November 6th.