Last witnesses to the abuse process: Prison chiefs report the conditions of detention for the accused speech therapist. The defense hopes for pity.
Photo: Thomas Obermeier
The trial for the abuse of seven boys in Würzburg by one
Therapist is almost there after two months. The defenders of the
38-year-olds want the heads of the prisons as the last witnesses from 9 a.m. on Monday
in Würzburg and Bamberg – about the conditions of detention under which the
Defendant has lived 14 months since his arrest.
Prisoner isolated and monitored
In court it was said that at the beginning his single cell was with him day and night
been monitored by a camera because they feared suicide. Loud
Defense he was trapped almost all day and had none
Opportunity for sports.
The defenders therefore hope for a milder punishment. The mother of one
abused child who acts as a co-plaintiff on the accused at each
Process day sitting on the neck, said this editorial against it: “Pity is in
superfluous in the case, the solitary confinement protects him – with it others
Prisoners don’t mistreat him like he did my son. “
No attacks
The defendant himself had voiced fear of assault in court after a
JVA officials kept his initially secret identity from others
Should have released prisoners. Again and again the chairman
Concerned about the course of the process, asked if there were any incidents. The
Speech therapist has denied this several times.
Before the large youth chamber around the chairman Michael Schaller must
the 38-year-old for serious sexual abuse of disabled children
accountable. He had stood at the beginning of the trial in early March, having been on for years
boys entrusted to him to have raped in 66
Cases of it difficult.
44 other investigations
Many attacks took place in two daycare centers, in which the speech therapist
actually communicating to the two to six year old children at the time
should help. The case is considered one of the worst known
Abuse crimes in Bavaria. He led to 44 other investigations. According to experts, the images of abuse that the accused traded with like-minded people continue to circulate in pedophile circles around the world for a long time.
According to the witness questioning this Monday, the prosecutor should plead first, then
the victims’ lawyers. The defense has the floor on May 25th. With
All those involved in the process are then anxiously awaiting whether the accused
so-called last word takes the chance to explain. So far sits
in the mostly closed negotiations between his
Defenders.
The verdict should be announced on June 4 at the latest.
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