The evidence was in place to enable five indictments to be served which allowed the five serious sexual assaults to go to trial.I do know when an appeals proceedings happen but my point was if they lost and can appeal it anyhow whats the issue? It was said years ago they have the evidence and yet ? This trial has been a shambles IMO
I do tend to agree with you that the present trial may well have been a shambles as indicated by what little evidence there is eventually reaches the public domain.
The thing about that is that in Germany it is the judiciary which is responsible for running trials not the prosecutor's office.