A girl is found dead in an orphanage. A boy from the institution is said to be responsible for this. The man is said to have raped the girl beforehand. The 25-year-old defendant has now admitted his confession in court.

DThe defendant lists his occupation as garbage worker. When the chairman asked if he was still engaged, the man nodded. And then on Thursday, he confessed to the rape of a ten-year-old girl in the Hof district court. In addition, the sexual exploitation of an eleven-year-old boy. And five break-ins into construction containers in which he stole construction machinery and tools worth approximately €16,000.

What sounds like an all-too-frequent case of child abuse in Germany is inextricably linked to a murder that shocked the country far from Bavaria last year. According to the 25-year-old defendant T., the girl was abused in April 2023 in Wunsiedel St. Josefi Child and Youth Welfare Center, strangled by a roommate – an eleven-year-old boy – shortly after the crime. . The boy was also present during the rape. This is how the prosecutor's office sees it.