Murder trial Fabian: Gina H. refuses questioning – interrogation video remains admissible
Gina H. refused further questions before the Rostock Regional Court. Her solicitor justified this on grounds of psychological strain following her four-hour statement.
Defendant in Fabian case breaks silence – and withdraws
In the murder trial concerning eight-year-old Fabian, 30-year-old defendant Gina H. refused questioning by the Rostock Regional Court. As reported by WELT, her defence counsel justified this with her client's psychological condition following her detailed statement at the beginning of the week.
"I am confident that she would not hold up for five minutes," stated defence solicitor Thomas Löcker before the court. Following her statement, Gina H. appeared to be confronted for the first time with the concrete extent of a possible sentence. If convicted, she faces a multi-decade prison sentence.
On Monday, the defendant had made her first statement regarding the allegations. In an approximately four-hour statement, she denied her involvement in the offence. She stated that she first saw the later site where the body was found – a pond near Klein Upahl in Rostock district – on 13 October 2025.
The public prosecutor's office assumes that Gina H. killed the boy at this body of water on 10 October 2025 and subsequently set his body on fire. The investigators name the defendant's former relationship with Fabian's father and its later breakdown as the motive for the crime.
Application to exclude evidence fails
On Tuesday, the defence attempted to exclude central evidence from the proceedings. The reason was the conduct of the first police interviews with Gina H.: she had been questioned at the time as a witness rather than as a suspect, even though there had already been suspicion of an offence – without appropriate legal notification of rights.
The court did not follow this line of argument. Following a consultative break, the chamber found that there had been insufficient grounds to classify her as a suspect until 15 October 2025. Only later witness statements and the evaluation of mobile phone data had revealed discrepancies. The interview in question was therefore lawful. The video recording of an approximately three-hour interrogation from 14 October thus remains admissible in the trial.
A police officer who had taken Gina H. to the station after the body was discovered stated that concrete suspicion of an offence first arose on 16 October. The defence disagreed: it pointed to information from another witness who allegedly expressed doubt about the official account of the discovery of the body as early as 14 October.
Trial ongoing since late April
The proceedings began in late April. Since then, dozens of witnesses have been heard and numerous expert reports submitted. However, the focus of recent hearing days has been primarily on Gina H. herself: her statement provided the first concrete insight into the defence strategy. She continues to reject the murder allegations.
Source: WELT