Even attempted abortion without the consent of the pregnant woman (§ 98 StGB) was also charged. He is said to have kneed the woman in the stomach in July 2023, knowing she was pregnant.
“She was in the 38th week at that point,” the prosecutor reported at the beginning of the trial. Fortunately, the person affected did not lose the child; she is now the mother of a little boy. She separated from her violent partner, with whom she got together in 2021, last fall.
“The relationship was characterized by violence from the beginning,” said the prosecutor. The defendant’s jealousy was a contributing factor. His girlfriend was no longer allowed to use her own cell phone and was no longer allowed to leave the apartment alone. The 30-year-old also forbade her to have contact with her parents and friends. If she didn’t feel like having sex, he used force to force her to tolerate it, which is why, in addition to continued violence (§107b StGB), several rapes were also part of the charge.
“I have never used violence”
“I have never used violence,” the 30-year-old denied the allegations. After his last conviction, he “found Jesus” and has been a good person ever since: “At some point my life was too much for me. I realized that with love and faith in Jesus you can achieve something good. That gave me strength given.”
The man’s 50-year-old mother was also in the dock. The prosecution charged her with deprivation of liberty and several physical injuries. She is said to have locked her son’s girlfriend in the apartment for hours when he was not there and the young woman wanted to use the opportunity to escape outside. If she didn’t parry, the 50-year-old is said to have pulled her hair and reprimanded her in this way. “I’m not guilty,” assured the 50-year-old. May God be her witness “that I did nothing.”
Psychologically unstable
His previous short-term girlfriend, with whom he had only been in a relationship for a few weeks, is said to have felt the defendant’s jealousy by becoming violent when he sensed betrayal. The defendant portrayed this young woman as mentally unstable, which was not confirmed by the 28-year-old’s testimony, as she made a very stable, consolidated impression.
“We looked at pictures of Jesus together and prayed. Suddenly she hugged me and kissed me,” said the defendant, describing how he met the 28-year-old. She formed “a Bible group with my mother”. When she told him regarding fallen angels and devils as well as demon apparitions, he kept his hands off the woman.
The witness vehemently rejected this representation by the defendant. Although she is a believer and sometimes dreams unusual things, she doesn’t have any devilish apparitions. The defendant was always very jealous. Once when she didn’t want to sleep with him, he restrained her and forced her to have sex.
The woman at the heart of the prosecution did not appear in person at the hearing. She had been questioned in advance in an adversarial manner. The public was excluded from the hearing before the video recording of her testimony was played in the courtroom.
