Trial opens of ‘esoteric’ wing of alleged German coup plotters

GP, celebrity chef and astrologer among defendants in third trial linked to far-right Reichsburger

Eight alleged members of the German far-right Reichsburger have gone on trial accused of a plot to violently overthrow the state, in the third in a row of similar court cases being held across the country.

The defendants, including a GP, a celebrity chef and an astrologer, are accused of serving as the plot's leadership council and, prosecutors say, were set to become a cabinet in waiting if the group's plan to storm the parliament building and overthrow the government had succeeded.