Interrogation video heavily incriminates defendants in Fabian murder case
During the trial into the death of Fabian, the court screens an interrogation video despite defence objections. Contradictions in the defendants' statements become apparent.
Fabian murder case: interrogation video leads to contradictions in courtroom
On the 23rd day of proceedings in the trial over the death of the young boy Fabian, the court played a hours-long recorded interrogation video of the defendant – against the express objection of the defence. As n-tv reports, substantial contradictions emerged in the woman's account and triggered visible emotional reactions in the public gallery.
In the footage shown, the defendant had initially claimed that she discovered the murdered Fabian on 14 October 2025 by chance during a walk with a friend. "The problem is: I cannot lie," she said at one point. When police confronted her with a different account from her friend – that the discovery was not by chance – she quickly revised her account.
"I wanted to leave someone out," the defendant admitted in the video. She had already discovered something at the discovery site during the night of 13 October together with a friend, but initially did not know what it was. The friend had told her it was a burnt dummy and asked her to notify the authorities only the next day. She had been afraid and had "a funny feeling in her gut", but had remained silent at first. At this description, according to n-tv, a murmur went through the courtroom.
At the start of proceedings, the defence rejected a further questioning of the defendant recommended by the judge. Lawyer Thomas Löcker justified this by saying his client was emotionally very unstable following her statements from the previous day: "I am certain that she would not last five minutes." It may have become clear to her for the first time in this trial what was at stake – a prison sentence of 30 years or more.
The defence lawyers subsequently raised procedural objections and attempted to prevent both the testimony of the interrogating police officer and the screening of the video. Their reasoning: the defendant had still been classified as a witness at the time of interrogation, even though there was already suspected cause against her. She had not been informed of her rights. All resulting statements and recordings should therefore be excluded from proceedings, the defence argued. The court rejected the objection after a lengthy deliberation break.
According to the prosecution, the 30-year-old is alleged to have stabbed the boy on 10 October 2025 at a pond near Klein Upahl, approximately 15 kilometres south of Güstrow, and subsequently set his body on fire. The defendant's relationship with Fabian's father and the temporary end of this relationship are considered the motive. The circumstantial case has been running since 28 April; to date, dozens of witnesses have been heard and numerous expert reports submitted.
In the course of proceedings, the defendant has changed her statements several times. Most recently, she stated that she discovered the body on the evening of 13 October – on two separate visits to the discovery site, each with a different friend. Both had urgently advised her against calling the police. She finally reported the discovery on 14 October. She continues to deny involvement in the crime.
The defence has also applied to appoint a new forensic expert. This expert is to clarify how long the body burned – a question that, in the view of the defence lawyers, determines whether the sequence of events reconstructed by the prosecution is even temporally possible.
Source: n-tv