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Investigation against doctor for sexual offenses continues

A doctor from Bramsche near Osnabrück has been under investigation for several sexual offenses for almost two years. This was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Osnabrück public prosecutor's office on request. NDR had previously reported on the case on Thursday, in which the doctor is said to...

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Osnabrück - Investigation against doctor for sexual offenses continues

A doctor from Bramsche near Osnabrück has been under investigation for several sexual offenses for almost two years. This was confirmed by a spokesperson for the Osnabrück public prosecutor's office on request. NDR had previously reported on the case on Thursday, in which the doctor is said to have secretly filmed female patients and grabbed their private parts. According to the report, there are more than 100 cases.

The "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" had also already reported on the lengthy investigation into the doctor. The spokesperson for the public prosecutor's office told the newspaper in March that the accused had made a statement about the allegations. In doing so, the doctor had stated that, in his opinion, the said intimate touches were medically necessary as part of the examinations.

Investigators had seized extensive data material during a search. Of more than 100,000 images, between 10,000 and 20,000 were subsequently classified as criminally relevant. This was one of the reasons for the lengthy investigation, it was now reported. A patient is said to have started the case in 2021 with her statement.

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  1. The investigation into the sexual offenses against the doctor from Lower Saxony, specifically in Bramsche near Osnabrück, is being handled by the Osnabrück public prosecutor's office.
  2. Despite the involvement of the NDR in reporting the case and alleged actions of the doctor, such as secretly filming female patients and inappropriately touching them, determining the guilt remains a complex task due to the large amount of criminally relevant evidence.
  3. The ongoing investigation at the Osnabrück public prosecutor's office, which has been ongoing for nearly two years, has been impacted by the vast amount of data material seized during a search, with between 10,000 and 20,000 images of over 100,000 classified as criminally relevant.
  4. A former patient filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office in Bramsche in 2021, which triggered the current investigation into the doctor's alleged criminality.

Source: www.stern.de

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