Criminal revision and adhesion interest calculation: dismissal of appeal and adjustment of civil claim interest start date

The Federal Court of Justice (6th Criminal Senate) dismissed the defendant's revision against the Landgericht Stendal's judgment as unfounded, thereby upholding the conviction, while amending the adhesion decision to order the defendant to pay interest commencing from November 7, 2024, and bearing the costs of the appellate proceedings and necessary expenses of the adhesion plaintiff. The case involved a criminal appeal challenging the main judgment, with the secondary dispute focusing on the specific start date for calculating interest in the civil adhesion claim filed by the victim. The court's decision applied general principles of criminal revision law, rejecting the substantive or procedural legal errors alleged by the defendant, while adjusting the adhesion relief based on the General Public Prosecutor's arguments regarding the statutory timing of the debt maturity.