Stock Photo - 02 September 2019, Lower Saxony, Emden: Judge Christoph Olthoff enters the courtroom shortly before the trial. The tragic case had caused consternation in August 2016, when two boats, each with four young occupants, had driven together on the way back from the harbour festival in Barßel. A skipper is said to have been drunk with 1.89 per mille and to have driven too fast. After years of wrangling over jurisdiction, the Federal Supreme Court referred the case to Emden. Seven witnesses have been summoned for the sole day of the trial. Photo: Mohssen Assanimoghaddam/dpa. - Emden/Lower Saxony/Germany