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Sex Offender Confesses to Abusing Two Boys During Hafturlaub

Prosecutors will seek Sicherungsverwahrung, a step that could lead to indefinite preventive detention and raises questions about risk decisions in youth prisons.

Overview

  • The 23-year-old defendant admitted at the Landgericht Aschaffenburg on Wednesday that he sexually abused two boys while on a preparatory detention leave called Hafturlaub.
  • Prosecutors say the charges include repeated severe sexual abuse, rape, bodily harm and production and possession of child‑pornographic material, and they allege some acts were filmed or photographed.
  • One victim was about 12 in the Aschaffenburg area in March–May 2025 and a second was 11 in July 2025 in the Salzlandkreis, according to the indictment.
  • The accused was serving a sentence from a 2021 conviction in Jugendanstalt Hameln and had previously had unaccompanied outings restricted after using an outing to search for sexual images, a fact the Niedersächsische Justizministerium called a 'Prognoseirrtum'.
  • The 2. Jugendkammer set four hearing days through 21 October, the prosecution will apply for Sicherungsverwahrung, and the court may close parts of the trial for victim testimony while authorities and prisons face scrutiny over leave and supervision practices.