Overview

• The 32-year-old nurse from Dortmund was arrested on 8 August and remains in pretrial detention on suspicion of possessing child pornography and of committing sexual offences allegedly tied to his duties at Universitätsklinikum Essen.
• Police searched his former residence in Olfen in late July after indications of child-pornographic material and secured multiple data carriers.
• A preliminary review of the seized devices produced indications of further offences connected to his professional activity at the hospital, according to police.
• Following the arrest, investigators searched the Olfen address again and his current home in Dortmund, seizing additional data carriers.
• The BAO Herkules unit at the Essen police headquarters is leading the high-priority investigation, and authorities say no further details can be disclosed for investigative reasons.