Former Baader-Meinhof gang member Daniela Klette, 67, jailed for armed robberies after decades on the run
Prosecutors said the robberies funded life on the run after the Red Army Faction disbanded, and the total haul reached 2.4 million euros.
- On May 27, a regional court in Verden, Germany sentenced Daniela Klette, 67, a former Red Army Faction member, to 13 years in prison for six counts of 'particularly serious robbery' and other charges committed between 1999 and 2016.
- Klette's arrest in February 2024 ended more than 30 years evading authorities; police found a Kalashnikov assault rifle, explosives and €279,000 in cash at her Berlin flat in Kreuzberg, where she had lived about 20 years under an assumed identity.
- Working with two male accomplices, Klette served as getaway driver in robberies netting 2.4 million euros since 1999, operating with what Presiding Judge Lars Engelke described as 'a division of labour and in a highly conspiratorial manner.'
- Courtroom supporters chanted 'Freedom for Daniela' when the judge announced the sentence, which fell short of prosecutors' 15-year request; Klette's defence team argued evidence was insufficient and sought suspension.
- Klette faces additional charges in separate proceedings for three politically motivated attacks between 1990 and 1993, while co-conspirators Burkhard Garweg and Ernst-Volker Staub remain fugitive; appearing in court in 2025, she vowed to continue fighting 'capitalism and patriarchy.
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Frankfurter Rundschau [Newsroom]Frankfurt (ots) - Daniela Klette, the former RAF terrorist sentenced to prison, apparently still holds on to the self-image that she had worked in the sense of a political stance from the underground, which allegedly ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Frankfurter Rundschau, transmitted by news aktuell
Her supporters reacted strongly to the decision with slogans such as "Freedom for Daniela"
Suspected former member of German left-wing militant group jailed after years on the run
A suspected former member of a German left-wing militant group who was once considered one of Europe’s most wanted women has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars for crimes she committed while a fugitive.
Daniela Klette, former figure of the Red Armed Fraction arrested after 30 years of cavalry, was convicted of a series of armed robbery intended to finance her clandestine life An ex-member
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