The left-wing extremist Lina E. is to be released from prison early. The Dresden Higher Regional Court has dealt with a corresponding application after serving two thirds of her sentence and decided in her favor, a court spokeswoman said on request. The "Leipziger Volkszeitung" and "Sächsischer Zeitung" had previously reported on this. The spokesperson did not want to say anything about the details of the decision because it was a non-public decision and would affect the personal rights of those affected. According to the information provided, the decision is not yet legally binding.
In May 2023, the Dresden Higher Regional Court found Lina E. guilty of dangerous bodily harm and membership of a criminal organization, among other things. The judges considered it proven that she was involved in several attacks, some of them life-threatening, on actual and alleged supporters of the right-wing scene in Saxony and Thuringia between 2018 and 2020. The court sentenced Lina E. to five years and three months in prison. By then, she had already spent two and a half years in pre-trial detention and had initially been released until the verdict became final.
