Overview
- On Thursday the public prosecutor asked the court for eight years in prison plus compulsory psychiatric treatment called TBS, saying the measure is needed given the scale of the case.
- Investigators found almost 30,000 child sexual images on laptops, phones and damaged hard drives and the NFI had to recover files from broken drives, which delayed parts of the case.
- All eight girl victims have given largely consistent statements and are receiving therapy, and some nude photos of children were identified on the suspect’s devices.
- The 55-year-old defendant denies sexually abusing the children but admits possessing child sexual material and says he received it from someone else; court experts found no clear sexual disorder but reported intellectual limitations.
- The suspect was arrested in early 2025 and has been in pretrial detention for about 18 months, psychiatric assessments were delayed by a shortage of specialists, and the court will rule on August 6, 2026.