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Accused ex-security man: He is said to have threatened the women to have their child taken away
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A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to ten years in prison because he was a security guard in a Nuremberg refugee shelter who is said to have raped two women many times. The judges at the Nuremberg-Fürth regional court found him guilty of 67 counts of rape and sexual harassment, a court spokeswoman said.
The chamber is convinced that the German raped one of the women 62 times and another woman from the accommodation in five cases. In another case, he is said to have sexually harassed a resident. The defendant denied the allegations and accused the women in the trial of falsely accusing him.
The defendant was employed in the Nuremberg refugee accommodation from September 2018. He is said to have threatened the women that he would take advantage of his position and have their child taken away from them if they did not submit to him.
The verdict is not yet legally binding.
swe/dpa