Stock Photo - 19 January 2021, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Neubrandenburg: The accused stepfather in the trial of the violent death of six-year-old Leonie from Vorpommern has taken his seat in the courtroom of the Regional Court before the start of the appeal proceedings. In the new trial, the motives of the 29-year-old are to be examined more closely. This had been ordered by the Federal High Court (BGH). The stepfather had been sentenced to life imprisonment a year ago for murder by omission, bodily harm resulting in death, and mistreatment of protected children. Photo: Bernd Wüstneck/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa. - Neubrandenburg/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Germany