Former “Hells Angels” boss Frank Hanebuth in court in Spain NDR.de – News – Lower Saxony
Status: 01/23/2023 11:01 a.m
Frank Hanebuth, former rocker boss from Hanover, has to answer in court in Madrid from today. The allegations of the Spanish judiciary: drug trafficking and pimping.
In addition to the 58-year-old former head of the Hanover local group “Hells Angels”, which has since been dissolved, other suspected ex-members and helpers have been charged before the National State Court. The group is said to have been active as a criminal organization in Mallorca between 2009 and 2013 and committed numerous serious crimes on the so-called Ballermann.
Hanebuth faces a prison sentence of several years
Hanebuth had already been in custody in Spain for two years. In the summer of 2015, he was conditionally released on bail of 60,000 euros. He was only allowed to leave Spain permanently in 2017, after which he returned to Germany. Hanebuth has so far rejected the allegations, and if convicted, he could face several years in prison.
46 other defendants with Hanebuth in court
In addition to Hanebuth, another 46 suspected ex-members and helpers of the rocker club are in the dock for the ten days of negotiations until February 10 – many of them Germans. But Spanish, Turkish and Luxembourg nationals are also among the accused.
To be on the safe side: the process is transferred to a separate room
The process takes place under high security precautions. Access to the courtroom is limited, and journalists will not sit in the courtroom either. The process is broadcast live on screens in a separate adjoining room for reporting. The accused are to be brought into the courthouse via the main entrance. According to Hanebuth’s lawyer and his Spanish defense attorney, the former rocker boss will appear in court.
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