As of: March 28, 2024, 12:28 p.m
By: Elisa Buhrke
Comments
Press
Split
A 44-year-old took advantage of the helpless situation of a sleeping woman at Munich Central Station. The Deutsche Bahn security service intervened.
Munich - There was an incident at the main train station on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday (March 27th) in which a 44-year-old man took advantage of the helpless situation of a sleeping woman. He touched her inappropriately, reports the federal police. The incident was noticed and stopped by a Deutsche Bahn security patrol.
At around 2:15 a.m., security on the S-Bahn central platform at the main station noticed that the 44-year-old was repeatedly trying to get closer to a 57-year-old woman who was lying on a bench. He kissed her and touched her inappropriately. When the woman tried to keep the pushy man at a distance, security forces intervened. They informed a federal police patrol that was on patrol nearby about the incident. The 44-year-old and the 57-year-old were taken to the federal police station to clarify the matter. There the woman, who lives in Munich, filed a criminal complaint against the man from Geretsried.
Sexual harassment at Munich main station
The analysis of the camera recordings showed that the 44-year-old sat down next to the woman, who was initially sleeping, and began kissing and touching her. The 57-year-old didn't initially resist, but then came to and tried to fight the man off.
A man sexually harassed a sleeping woman at Munich Central Station. © picture alliance / dpa | Sven Hoppe
The 44-year-old was heavily intoxicated at the time of the incident. After completing all measures, he was able to leave the police station free. He is now being investigated for sexual harassment.
The editor wrote this article using AI and then carefully reviewed it.
Find out more about our AI principles here.
You can find more news in our Merkur.de app, now in an improved design with more personalization functions. Directly available for download, more information can be found here. Are you an enthusiastic user of WhatsApp? Merkur.de will now keep you up to date via a new Whatsapp channel. Click here to go directly to the channel.