The lawsuit against a logophone in front of the Wrzburg district court is on the home stretch. At the end of the taking of evidence, there were violent verbal battles.
On the home stretch of the trial there was public speaking at the Wrzburg district court. In the trial for the abuse of seven little boys by their therapist, fighting defenders, outraged lawyers for victims, and a court whose patience seemed to be underused did not speak out.
Victim lawyer Hanjo Schrepfer fought vigorously over word of mouth with defender Alexander Hbner. The big hour on Monday afternoon, however, was mainly for the previously reluctant prosecutor Manuela Teubel with her unexpectedly clear criminal complaint. The therapist had abused seven boys entrusted to him for years until they were raped. For this, 13 years and nine months in prison are appropriate and a lifelong ban on working as a therapist.
Clear words from prosecutor and co-plaintiff
The co-plaintiffs Hanjo Schrepfer and Bernhard Lwenberg largely agreed with the claim. However, they consider preventive detention after verbal imprisonment to be appropriate and an opinion on this is incorrect, which assesses the risk of relapse as very low.
Once again, they expressed doubts as to whether the accused and confessed acts were “just the tip of the iceberg”. “As a talented therapist and role model for homosexual couples with their own children, they could have made the world a better place,” victim lawyer Christian Mulzer told the accused. “Instead, you made the world worse to satisfy your drive.”
Photo: Thomas Obermeier
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On the morning of the eleventh day of the trial, the defense lawyers had once again sought a milder sentence for their permanent client. A handful of listeners, including Wrzburg’s mayor Judith Jrg, representing an initiative to help the victims, could not believe their ears when they heard how the alleged agony for the Quler became an issue: the prison conditions were intended to provide the accused with a milder sentence.
For hours, the question in court was: Is leniency appropriate because the accused suffered remand in 14 months in custody, including the fact that he was occasionally sat in a single cell and checked around the clock by video cameras and led to showers and courtyards individually?
Threat: “In Wrzburg they are already waiting for you”
Special precautionary measures were appropriate, said JVA boss Robert Hutter from Wrzburg. The logopde had told about another inmate’s threats when he was transferred here from Bamberg: “They are already waiting for you in Wrzburg.” In the case of the accused, no incidents were known.
Photo: Norbert Schwarzott
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For months, the suspect sat in the Bamberg prison. Their head Ullrich Mann reported on the witness stand: After a few weeks, the worry about an attempted suicide had disappeared. The 38-year-old had been transferred to a four-man cell in a separate tract for sex offenders in order to protect him from assault by other prisoners.
Does the court have to measure?
Defense attorney Hbner wanted to know exactly how much space there is in the community cell. “About 20 square meters,” the witness guessed. “So five per prisoner,” the lawyer concluded, turning to the chairman: “The requirements of the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Justice require at least seven square meters per prisoner.”
Judge Schaller replied with a smile: in such a case, one of his predecessors had personally used a folding rule to measure the size of a cell. “We are also ready for this.” Hbner replied to violent accusations by the victim lawyers about the defense procedure: He was just not a defense lawyer “who only wallows in the dust and begs for mercy”.
After a brief consultation, the court considered the point cleared and asked for the pleadings. The defense lawyers plead Monday, May 25, when the defendant has the final say. Perhaps a judgment will then be passed on that day.
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