In another trial in the so-called abuse complex in Münster, the district court of Neubrandenburg sentenced a defendant to a long prison term.

The 36-year-old man from Ueckermünde (Vorpommern-Greifswald) is to be jailed for eight years and nine months, as judge Daniela Lieschke said on Thursday.

He was convicted of gross child sexual abuse of a nine year old in 2019 and possession of child pornography.

The youth protection chamber also reserved the right to decide later on possible preventive detention for the man because of the pronounced pedosexual inclination.

The verdict is not yet legally binding.

(AZ: 23 KLs 7/21 jug).

The chamber is convinced that the convicted person met several times in 2019 in Ueckermünde with Adrian V., who had already been convicted of the crime complex in Münster, and his stepson.

There the Ueckermünder sexually abused the then nine-year-old several times.

Both men got to know each other in relevant Internet chats, the procedure - as in other cases - planned in detail and in some cases even expressed their anticipation.

Physical and mental destruction

At meetings in the 36-year-old's apartment and in a holiday apartment, the abuse was also filmed, it was said.

The pictures were later exchanged with each other.

"You contributed to the fact that the boy was physically and mentally destroyed piece by piece," said Lieschke.

The Ueckermünder had remained silent about the allegations in court.

However, his defense lawyers had stated that their client only owned the videos and pictures, but not committed the crimes.

As Lieschke explained, the chamber was able to reconstruct the incidents in Ueckermünde thanks to the investigators, the confiscated internet chats, cell phones and videos.

The Ueckermünder then gave details in his texts that only applied to him, including his first name.

An expert stated that only he had access to his computer and cell phone in order to communicate with the man from Münster, said Lieschke.

Investigations against more than 50 men

What is particularly bad is that the man has repeatedly offered himself to young mothers as a babysitter and "sometimes almost imposed himself".

According to the authorities, more than a million files with child pornographic content were seized on the computer in the man's apartment, which is why another procedure is still ongoing.

In public, the man always pretended to be “heterosexual”, said Lieschke.

Stepfather Adrian V. is considered to be the mastermind in the complex, which revolves around rape of children in a gazebo in Münster and other places in Germany.

The IT technician was arrested in May 2020 and sentenced a few months ago to 14 years' imprisonment and subsequent preventive detention.

He is said to have left his stepson to others for abuse in exchange for money.

In this context, more than 50 men in Germany were and are being investigated.

The boy is therefore severely traumatized, he did not have to testify in Neubrandenburg.