This fifth defendant business irks me, too: four men and a woman are already five, any further defendants with different sentences should be at least sixth. But that’s more on the journalist/editor, not you.
German law protects minors in such a way that the press can’t describe any distinguishing features in the news. So “Five well-defined people and a sixth vague person” typically means the sixth person is a child.
I’m not seeing where you’re getting a child from.
This fifth defendant business irks me, too: four men and a woman are already five, any further defendants with different sentences should be at least sixth. But that’s more on the journalist/editor, not you.
German law protects minors in such a way that the press can’t describe any distinguishing features in the news. So “Five well-defined people and a sixth vague person” typically means the sixth person is a child.