On trial German Neo-Nazi described as 'lovely' by neighbour

A witness described Beate Zschäpe, one of five alleged neo-Nazis on trial for crimes associated with the National Socialist Underground (NSU) terror cell as “a lovely neighbour” in court on Wednesday.

The man, who lived in the same building as Zschäpe in Zwickau, said in the evenings she often used to join him and other neighbours in his cellar for a drink, a chat, and a laugh.

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In the end though, the “good neighbour” is thought to have set the whole house on fire - prosecutors say taking the neighbours' deaths, including that of an 89-year-old woman who also lived in the building, as possible collateral damage.

When her two male accomplices died in a murder-suicide in early November 2011, Zschäpe is accused of pouring petrol all over their shared flat and igniting it, setting off an explosion so strong that part of the building's outside wall blew off.