A German court said Monday it’s unlikely that the trial of a 95-year-old former guard at the Nazi Stutthof concentration camp will resume, after it collapsed in December over concerns about the defendant’s health, according to the Associated Press.
The Muenster state court said that judges still need to make a final decision and the prosecution can appeal, but it seems unlikely Johann Rehbogen’s trial can be restarted. The trial was broken off in December after Rehbogen was hospitalized for heart and kidney issues, causing several hearings to be canceled. The court ended the trial under regulations preventing overly long gaps, but said it could be restarted from the beginning if Rehbogen’s health improved.