12 January 2021, Hessen, Frankfurt/Main: The lawyers of the main defendant S. Ernst, Mustafa Kaplan (back, l) and J?rg Hardies (back, r), stand in a courtroom of the Higher Regional Court, in the foreground the co-defendant Markus H. (M) stands between his lawyer Nicole Schneiders (l) and his lawyer Bj?rn Clemens, while they wait for the beginning of another hearing date in the trial in the case of the murder of W. Lubcke. S. Ernst is alleged to have shot the then North Hessian District President Luebcke on his terrace a year ago. The CDU politician Lubcke had openly supported refugees. Photo: Thomas Lohnes/AFP Pool/dpa - ATTENTION: The face of Markus H. has been pixelated because the court has ordered that the defendant must be made unrecognizable.