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Former Children’s Photographer Sentenced to Seven Years for Severe Sexual Abuse

The retrial followed a Federal Court of Justice ruling that overturned earlier acquittals for flawed evidence assessment, warning that relapse could trigger preventive detention.

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In einem zweiten Prozess wegen schweren sexuellen Missbrauchs minderjähriger Fotomodelle hat das Landgericht Köln einen Fotografen zu einer höheren Freiheitsstrafe verurteilt. Das Gericht verhängte sieben Jahre Haft, wie eine Sprecherin sagte.

Overview

  • A Cologne regional court found the 57-year-old guilty of severe sexual abuse and imposed a seven-year prison term that includes a 2022 sentence of four years and ten months.
  • The court said the defendant abused a then 10-year-old boy during a 2002 photo shoot in Sardinia and documented a pattern of paedosexual behaviour spanning more than three decades.
  • Judges acquitted the defendant in two other allegations brought by former photo models while noting his professional standing had been used to acquire victims.
  • The retrial was ordered after the Federal Court of Justice ruled earlier acquittals were set aside because of errors in how evidence was assessed.
  • The court recommended therapy for the defendant, noted several prior convictions are already final, and warned that a relapse could make him eligible for Sicherungsverwahrung, Germany’s preventive post‑sentence detention.