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Berlin Court Sentences Man to 5.5 Years and Orders Preventive Detention for Rapes of Unconscious Partners

Judges cited a diagnosed sexual preference disorder and a high risk of reoffending in imposing Sicherungsverwahrung after the prison term.

Overview

  • The 38-year-old was found guilty of four rapes and of violating the victims’ intimate sphere by making image recordings, targeting two former partners in 2020 and 2021.
  • Further offenses were uncovered through a fresh analysis of his phone during an earlier trial, and the women learned of the assaults only after investigators recovered videos.
  • Parts of the proceedings were closed at the victims’ request, and the court referenced degrading messages and recordings while deeming his drug use secondary to culpability.
  • The defendant admitted the acts in the later trial, as prosecutors sought nine years and defense lawyers argued for a suspended sentence.
  • He was separately sentenced in July to 5.5 years over a 2022 case; both verdicts are not yet final, he remains in custody, and a combined sentence could follow if they stand.