Relapsed?: Man is said to have abused boys while on prison leave - trial

The trial of a convicted sex offender who is said to have sexually abused two boys during his prison leave begins this Wednesday (9 a.m.) at the Aschaffenburg regional court. The 23-year-old from Lower Saxony was arrested in Bavaria in July 2025 and has been in custody ever since. The attacks are said to have occurred in Franconia and Saxony-Anhalt last year.

The man had already been in prison for almost four years for sex crimes against children. According to its own information, the public prosecutor's office intends to apply for the defendant to be placed in preventive detention in addition to a punishment. Preventive detention is followed by a prison sentence. In principle, it is not limited in time and is intended to protect the public from dangerous criminals.

Prison leave in Bavaria

The victim from the Aschaffenburg area in Bavaria is said to have been twelve years old at the time of the crime. In addition, the defendant is said to have sexually assaulted a then eleven-year-old in Staßfurt (Salzlandkreis) in Saxony-Anhalt. The man is said to have filmed and photographed some of the crimes.

According to the investigators' findings, the suspect, who lived in Bavaria at the time of the crime and was being cared for in a specialist outpatient clinic for sex offenders, sought contact with minors and their families via social media.

The public prosecutor's office accuses the 23-year-old of multiple serious sexual abuse, production and possession of child pornography, rape and bodily harm. The court has scheduled a total of four days of trial until October 21st.