A man from Wildeck is convicted in the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district for offering and distributing child pornography.
- Child pornography distribution process
- 273,000 images and videos with child pornography found
- Man from Wildeck pleads guilty
Bad Hersfeld / Wildeck - A 31-year-old man from Wildeck (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district) downloaded 273,000 images and videos with child pornography content and also distributed them in part. For this he was sentenced to two years' suspended sentence before the Bad Hersfeld lay judge .
The photos and videos showed some of the most severe abuse of children with various sexual practices, in at least one case with an infant. Some of the victims were tied up. The child pornography files were on numerous hard drives, SD cards and computers that were confiscated during a house search in 2016.
After child pornography spread: man from Wildeck (Hersfeld-Rotenburg) convicted
After reading out the indictment, there was initially a 40-minute legal discussion in which prosecutor Maier, judge Reidt, the lay judges and defense attorney Dr. Boettner negotiated the sentence in camera. The result: In return for a comprehensive admission , the defendant from the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district , who has never been criminally committed, was assured that his sentence would be suspended.
This significantly simplified the process of taking evidence, which could have taken a long time given the abundance of data on child pornography. It was also negotiated that the 31-year-old, who claims to earn € 1,950 net per month, pays € 1,000 to a non-profit organization.
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"I am extremely sorry for what I have done," said the defendant in the defense's confession, in which he admitted all allegations (including the spread of child pornography). For him, the house search was a wake-up call, through which he found the strength to "refrain from these things". He has not committed any crimes since then and is now feeling better. But he was also always afraid of going to prison.
By 2016 he had never given his sexual inclination , which he first became aware of as a serious problem when he was in his early 20s, out of shame, according to the defendant from Wildeck (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district). After the search, he tried to find a therapy place - but that is not possible in Germany during an ongoing procedure. Clarifying whether there is a need for therapy is now a probation requirement, as is possible therapy.
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On the occasion of the last word, the man, who has no children of his own and no closer contact with children in everyday life, said: “I am sorry for the victims. What is done to them is cruel. ”He also apologized to the investigators who had had to look at the child pornography material.
The convict downloaded the files from an internet exchange, the use of which is free of charge - whoever uses the platform automatically becomes a provider and makes the files available to others. The man from Wildeck (Hersfeld-Rotenburg district) knew that too. But he tried to avoid this by reducing the speed, according to his defender.
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