Munich regional court sentences former football coach to seven and a half years' imprisonment for hundreds of sexual assaults and 153 rapes. The 47-year-old confessed to having abused young footballers from his club for years.
Public prosecutor's office had charged more than 900 cases of abuse, sexual assault and rape. The majority of the court classified the acts as sexual assaults, namely in 488 cases. It could not be conclusively proven that the victim was younger than 14 years old during the first attack.