You think he will wait for the outcome?

[Fish]

El-Motassadeq has been free during the appeals process and is in Hamburg. His lawyers said he will probably not be taken back into custody before the lower court reconsiders his sentencing because el-Motassadeq does not pose an escape risk.

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/11/16/germany.911/index.html

[Konovalov]

Nope, which is why he should be taken into custody immediately.