Overview
- The 46-year-old confessed in the Erfurt regional court on Wednesday after first staying silent.
- Prosecutors listed more than 900 alleged assaults from late 2017 to 2024, many recorded on video.
- Some acts allegedly took place at a school where the defendant worked as a cleaner.
- Police seized hard drives in December 2024 after a tip from the United States, uncovering thousands of illegal images and over 160 hours of video.
- The indictment says he coerced the girl’s younger half-brother and claimed he would sell recordings on the Darknet, and the judge urged a confession to spare the children from testimony as the trial resumes April 14.