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From the Braunschweig court:
Press release of 11/28/2022 - Arrest warrant
In the criminal proceedings (Az. 2 KLs 213 Js 52790/18 (15/22)) the 2nd Criminal Chamber issued an arrest warrant against the 45-year-old accused for five acts of violating sexual self-determination with a decision dated November 18, 2022.
The 2nd Criminal Chamber has affirmed an urgent suspicion for the five accused offenses and considered the reasons for the imprisonment of the risk of flight and the risk of repetition to be given.
The accused is currently serving the prison sentence from the judgment of the Braunschweig Regional Court of December 16, 2019 (Az. 1 KLs 71/19, sentence to a total prison sentence of 7 years). An execution of the arrest warrant is currently not possible, as this requires the consent of Italy (cf. § 83 h IRG), since the accused was apprehended and extradited there. This is now being obtained by the public prosecutor's office in Braunschweig as part of a so-called supplementary approval procedure.
The decision was made in the interim procedure.
A press release will be published in due course on the further progress of the proceedings.
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Urgent suspicion (dringender Tatverdacht), according to the interim prodedure:
On the other hand, there is strong suspicion if, based on the entire investigation results to date, there is a
high degree of probability that the accused has committed a crime as the perpetrator or accessory.
Verdacht bzw. Tatverdacht ist ein Begriff aus dem deutschen Strafverfahrensrecht und bedeutet, dass Strafverfolgungsorgane aufgrund tatsächlicher Anhaltspunkte (Indizien) und nach kriminalistischer Erfahrung es für möglich halten, dass eine Stra ...
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So, there is a high degree of probability, that the existing evidence is sufficient enough to open the trial, and bring it to an end with a sentence, not an acquittal.
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