Overview
- The Berlin Regional Court sentenced the 38-year-old to five and a half years for four rapes and image-recording offenses, with preventive detention to follow.
- The assaults on two former partners from 2020 to 2021 were uncovered through further phone analysis, and the women learned of the crimes only after videos surfaced this spring.
- He was previously sentenced in July to five and a half years for raping a 20-year-old in 2022, and the rulings are not yet final and could later be combined.
- Evidence cited by the court included videos and chats that demeaned victims, including labeling one woman a “slave,” and sharing material with at least one acquaintance.
- The defendant remains in custody as internal reviews examine the initial police response in the 2022 case where the victim was found near death.