He looked after children in a holiday camp - he took advantage of this position to abuse them. A 26-year-old was convicted by the court.
- A student from Münster was on trial in Lüneburg.
- The 26-year-old has committed several children.
- Now the verdict has been pronounced.
Lüneburg / Münster - After five days of negotiations, the verdict was passed in an abuse process . A 26-year-old was accused of having committed multiple children in holiday camps. The accused had taken advantage of his position as a guardian. For the protection of the victims, the negotiation was largely closed to the public.
Student from Münster on trial for child abuse
The 26-year-old, who was arrested in his apartment in Münster in summer 2019, had to justify the allegations of abuse before the Lüneburg district court . In the city and the surrounding area, he attacked minors in several holiday camps.
The teacher from Münster had used his position as a supervisor in holiday camps of the DLRG (German Life Saving Society) to get in touch with the children. There he is said to have committed several boys, as reported by msl24.de *.
26-year-old from Münster convicted: 120 cases of abuse found
Since the beginning of January, the 26-year-old from Münster has had to answer to the court, as msl24.de * further reports. He was accused of a total of 120 cases of child abuse of varying intensity. For example, the student had brought the minors - who were exclusively boys between the ages of 9 and 15 - to exchange nude pictures.
In five cases, the student from Münster was convicted of serious child sexual abuse - he confessed to the crimes he was accused of. For this he received a prison sentence of five years and nine months, as the press spokesman for the court, Christoph Luedtke, announced. The level of the punishment demanded by the public prosecutor was not made public. However, the verdict is not yet final: Both the public prosecutor and the prosecution can apply for a revision or appeal.
The case of the student teacher from Münster caused a sensation. There was even more media interest in a process that ended a few months ago: In Lügde, the main perpetrator was accused of child abuse at a campsite over a hundred times. A high prison sentence followed.
* msl24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
