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Coburg: Police catch suspected sex offender after fleeing courtroom

2023-02-21T16:13:38.272Z


The manhunt is over: the police in Bavaria arrested a 47-year-old who is said to have sexually abused his two daughters and is therefore charged. A witness apparently gave the crucial clue.


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Regional court in Coburg: suspected criminals escaped from the window

Photo: Daniel Vogl / dpa

The accused, who fled from the Coburg district court, was caught by the police.

A patrol arrested the man in Grub am Forst (Coburg district) without resistance, the police said. 

A check of the man's identity revealed that he was undoubtedly the person being sought.

A witness saw the man in Grub am Forst and called the police.

The 47-year-old fled the Coburg district court on Monday during a break in negotiations.

He was on trial on suspicion of the sexual abuse of his two daughters and was therefore in custody.

Second case within a few weeks

According to the police, the man ran downstairs from the upper floor of the courthouse, broke open a window of a witness lounge and escaped.

The police searched for him with a large contingent.

It is the second case in a few weeks in which a defendant escaped from a court in Bavaria.

A convicted murderer also fled in Regensburg in January through an insufficiently secured window on the ground floor of the building.

Only days later, French police forces were able to apprehend him near the German border.

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Source: spiegel

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