A verdict could be handed down on Wednesday in the trial of a former member of Germany's disbanded, radical leftist Red Army Faction (RAF) who has been accused of carrying out a series of armed robberies while spending years in hiding.
The case of Daniela Klette garnered nationwide attention when she was arrested at her Berlin flat in February 2024, where she had lived for years under a different name.
Investigators uncovered weapons, ammunition, a fake RPG, forged IDs, wigs, gold, and €240,000 ($279,000) in cash at her flat.
Klette, 67, had gone into hiding by the time the RAF - also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group from its founding members, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof - disbanded in 1998.
She managed to evade arrest for some 30 years, leading a normal life in Berlin's hip Kreuzberg neighbourhood where she reportedly regularly attended capoeira classes, a type of Afro-Brazilian martial arts dance.
Klette went on trial in March 2025, charged with attempted murder, illegal possession of firearms and aggravated robbery allegedly committed alongside accomplices Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub, two other former RAF members.
Garweg and Staub remain at large, with Klette believed to have tipped off Garweg by text when she was arrested.
The trio is said to have stolen over €2 million ($2.3 milllion) between 1999 and 2016 to finance their life in hiding, robbing cash-in-transit vans and supermarkets in northern and western Germany.
Prosecutors have sought a 15-year prison sentence for Klette.
The RAF was a far-left militant group in the former West Germany founded in 1970. It was active until 1998, carrying out a series of bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, bank robberies and shootouts with police.
More than 30 people were killed in Germany in attacks by the RAF.
Klette's defence team filed motions for additional evidence during its closing arguments, meaning the trial could continue beyond Wednesday if the court grants them.
The proceedings at the Verden regional court only involve suspected offences committed after the RAF disbanded in 1998.
Klette has also been accused of involvement in three RAF attacks between 1990 and 1993, which could result in separate charges including attempted murder.
