Sufficiency of factual findings for tateinheitliche schwere Brandstiftung in a dismissed criminal revision

The Federal Court of Justice dismissed the defendant's appeal against the Landgericht Itzehoe’s judgment of July 30, 2024, upholding the conviction and ordering the defendant to bear the costs of the appeal and necessary expenses of the auxiliary plaintiff. The case involved a challenge to a criminal conviction where the appellate court found no legal errors to the defendant’s detriment; specifically, the court noted in an obiter dictum that the factual findings were sufficient to support a conviction for aggravated arson committed in legal concurrence (§ 306a Abs. 2 StGB). The decision relies on the standard for reviewing criminal appeals, affirming the lower court’s finding that the evidence established the elements of the offense without procedural or substantive error warranting reversal.