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Flowers, candles and stuffed animals lie on a wall in front of the children's and youth home in Wunsiedel, where a ten-year-old was found dead.
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A girl is found dead in a children's home.
A boy from the home is said to be responsible for this.
A man is said to have previously raped the girl - that's why he is now on trial.
Hof/Wunsiedel - After the violent death of a ten-year-old girl in a children's home in Upper Franconia, a man is on trial on charges of rape.
At the start of the trial at the Hof regional court, the now 26-year-old admitted the crimes he was accused of - his defense lawyer read out a corresponding statement.
The 26-year-old is not charged with the girl's killing.
The investigators assume that the girl was killed by a then eleven-year-old boy who cannot be prosecuted.
He wanted to steal valuables
In the statement, the defendant stated that on the night of April 4, 2023, he climbed into the children's home in Wunsiedel through an open window in order to steal valuables there.
Since he had previously lived there himself, he knew his way around the building.
He was then discovered in the home by a boy - and the boy asked him to show him how to satisfy himself.
He did that.
Later, the boy brought the girl from the home and pushed her onto a bed in a room.
In his lawyer's statement, the defendant further stated that he then raped the girl.
He then fled the children's home.
At no time did he want the girl to die and he did not ask the boy to do so.
The girl was found dead in a bed at the children's home the next morning.
Police investigations revealed that the then 11-year-old killed the girl during an argument after the incident that night.
He cannot be prosecuted due to his age.
Five burglaries
The public prosecutor's office also accuses the defendant of five burglaries between May 2022 and April 2023.
The German is said to have stolen, among other things, construction machinery worth around 16,000 euros.
In one case he also set a fire to cover his tracks.
The man also fully admitted this, with the exception of the arson.
According to his lawyer, the defendant initially does not want to provide any further information.
The parents of the girl who was killed, as well as the then eleven-year-old, are co-plaintiffs in the trial.
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