According to Hans-Jakob Schindler, head of the Counter Extremism Project, she has become "a kind of grandmother heroine for the extreme left in Berlin".

Klette did not explicitly admit to being an RAF member during the trial, and Schindler told the BBC she would never face trial for terrorism allegations against her from that period because of the statute of limitations.

However, she could still face a further trial, as federal prosecutors allege she was complicit in three of the group's attacks.