A 58 year old unemployed German was arrested in Lerosby its police officers Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate for possessing a large number of photos and videos of sexual abuse of minors, which caused the formation of a criminal case file against him.

The accused was deemed a temporary prisoner as he had been arrested in the past by officers of the local police department of the island, for attempting to molest a minor.

The police, in the recent case, found that the 58-year-old had been in contact with a foreign minor and sent him photos of sexual content.

In the meantime, the officers of the competent agency have filed regular proceedings against a 20-year-old student and a 71-year-old pensioner in Crete, who are accused of pornography of minors via the Internet. Possessed and made available for distribution digital files containing child pornography.

In searches carried out in the presence of judicial officials, in the homes of the accused in Leros and Crete, 5 mobile phones and 2 usb sticks were found and confiscated.
In fact, from the on-site digital search of the seized evidence from the 58-year-old’s home, a number of photos and videos of sexual abuse of minors were found in them.

The 58-year-old was previously referred to Mixed Jury Court of Rhodes for sexual intercourse with a minor who has reached the age of 12 but not 14, for pornography of a minor who has not reached the age of 15, for attracting a child who has not reached the age of 15 for sexual reasons and for insulting sexual dignity with gestures of a sexual nature, with propositions involving sexual acts and with the display of genitals in series. The accused was arrested on December 17, 2019 by police officers of the AT Leros.

In particular, at 3:30 p.m. on December 17, 2019, a 48-year-old local woman reported to the Leros Police Department that the foreigner had approached her minor son on the street in September and offered to give him the sum of 5 euros in order to have a birthday party. actions.
In addition, the minor reported to the police, that the same has been done repeatedly through the “INSTAGRAM” online application, in which the perpetrator sent him photos of same-sex and heterosexual couples in sexual moments or suggested that they perform sexual acts for a fee.

Police officers of A.T. Lerou, as part of the police preliminary investigation, at 5:30 p.m. of the same day, they carried out a legal search, in the presence of a judicial representative, at the perpetrator’s house, during which it was found that he was in possession of child pornography material, which according to what he verbally stated both during the investigation as well as later in his apology, he showed off to his minor victims in order to attract them.

In addition, he reported that during the Easter days of the year 2019, he managed to convince the minor to have sex. Specifically, as he said, he took the minor to a beach in the area Alinda and performed an act of love against him.

During the house search, a computer, 8 mobile phones, two sim cards, two mobile phone memory cards and a camera were found and confiscated.

On two mobile phones, photographs with pornographic material of adults and minors were found, while the proofs were sent to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations for the relevant expertise.

While apologizing, he categorically denied what was attributed to him, while insulting his pre-trial confession as invalid and as a product of police violence, claiming, among other things, that he was given an electric shock in one hand.