A German court has acquitted a 47-year-old man, identified as Christian Brueckner by local media, in a trial on charges of unrelated sexual offenses. The Braunschweig state court cleared him of two counts of rape and two of sexual abuse.
Despite the acquittal, Brueckner will remain in prison for another year as he is serving a seven-year sentence for a separate rape case. The trial, ongoing since February, focused on offenses allegedly committed by Brueckner in Portugal between 2000 and 2017.
