Freiburg (dpa / lsw) - The verdict is due to be made on Thursday (2 p.m.) in a procedure involving the sexual abuse of boys in Denzlingen (Emmendingen district).

This was announced by the Freiburg Regional Court.

The 45-year-old defendant is accused of having contacted boys via WhatsApp groups and of sexually abusing them between 2016 and 2018 in his apartment in Denzlingen and other places in the area.

He has to answer for the sexual abuse of young people and the possession and distribution of youth pornographic writings (Ref .: 3 KLs 160 Js 40636/17).

At the start of the trial on January 12, the man had made a confession.