Overview

• The Landgericht Potsdam’s Fourth Criminal Chamber convicted the man of rape in concurrence with bodily injury and imposed a six-year prison term.
• The court found he dragged an unknown woman under the Lange Brücke before 5 a.m., beat her, and repeatedly raped her on March 29.
• At the trial’s start, he acknowledged the offense via his defense counsel but said he could not remember due to heavy drinking and marijuana use.
• Plainclothes police arrested him shortly after the assault in the Lustgarten after recognizing him from a suspect description.
• Following the verdict, the court canceled the remaining trial dates, and no information about any appeal was announced.