In the case of mass child abuse on a campsite in Lügde, there are now six suspects. In addition, the evidence that the authorities have committed serious error compacting, according to the NDR WDR and “SZ”. A mother raises serious allegations.
the mother of The concerned girl wants to remain anonymous.
The mother, which has triggered display of the investigation into the abuse cases in Lügde, raises serious allegations against the police and the youth welfare offices. In an Interview with NDR, WDR and “süddeutsche Zeitung”, she said: “If you were already investigated by 2016 the Clues, then my daughter would be nothing happens.”
The authorities are, however, only two years after the first suspicions against Andreas V. and his alleged five accomplices proceeded – namely, after the mother has put on 20.10.2018 a display. She describes in the Interview that their daughter had landed in the summer of last year, the foster daughter of Andreas V. and in magazines. Later, the girl twice and have stayed for several days with him and his foster daughter at the campsite. After the second Time her daughter had said, that Andreas V. impressed with your Bad, hurt her.
state’s attorney, Vetter sees the error of the authorities.
“of Course, if you would be the Point of 2016, investigated, would certainly have the whole story completely different, expired,” says the now for the investigations of competent Detmold chief Prosecutor Ralf Vetter. He refers to two Allegations which were received in August and November 2016.
the First notes in August 2016
In August of 2016, is a staff member of the children’s rights Alliance described Hameln from the circle-Pyrmont abuse of a possible child. You should talked to the Hameln youth welfare office, first on the answering machine and the accusations of a father of two girls against Andreas V. have described. This emerges from an internal memo, the assistant of the Children’s protection League, after learning of the allegations against Andreas V. to be made, and the NDR, WDR and “SZ”. Andreas V. is reported to have said, therefore, to the father, “it is a nice feeling to have a warm body in the neck to sit”.
On the next working day, the Monday, returned according to the notice, the Hamelin youth welfare office, the message on the answering machine. The message had been once asks carefully. At the same time, the youth welfare office had assured to take care of it.
district Bartels says, the authority would have responded with clear instructions.
the authority responsible district administrator of Hamelin-Pyrmont, Tjark Bartels, said in an Interview with NDR, WDR and “SZ”: “If there is a clear indication that is indicative of sexual abuse, had been with us in the house, then we would have to react to it”. Has not the specific conversation, opinion he expressed to date.
Also, police did nothing
The child protection Agency was informed not only of the youth welfare office, but also the police. This confirms Westphalia, among other things, an internal report by the interior Ministry in North Rhine-Westphalia. The policeman who took the message, then spoke with the father of the two affected girls, wrote a note on the discussions and submitted it to the youth welfare office. Apparently, the police officer, however, has neither the competent criminal investigation nor the public Prosecutor’s office informed, although this may require cases, the rules for such a suspicion. The note on the talks, investigators found after a search of the youth welfare office in December 2018.
another note on sexual abuse, already has been reported, came in November 2016 by a member of the jobcenter in Blomberg.
Andreas V. was permanent campers in Lügde.
View the authorities were, however, not until the end of 2018, after the mother of the 20. October had a lot of the display. Also in this case, the authorities reacted according to research by NDR, WDR and “SZ” apparently, slowly. Only eleven days after the display of the mother, the daughter, was heard from the specialist’s Commissariat of Bad Pyrmont. The termination on the 31.10. is justified in the file with “scheduling difficulties”. Despite clear evidence of a serious abuse of the two children, went two weeks, until 13.11. the youth welfare office lip. This then took the foster child of Andreas V. immediately in custody. The Accused was on 6.12. arrested and is since then in custody.
Minister of the interior criticised the police and the youth welfare offices
in North Rhine-Westphalia Minister of the interior, Herbert Reul (CDU) said in an Interview once again of the clear mistakes of the authorities. “Regardless of the investigation, the run now and I also must not intervene and does not want to, it is evident that in the case of the authorities involved, the youth welfare offices and the police, things have gone wrong, to put it mildly,” said Reul. This is not a prejudgement, but “simply the impression you get when you let all the facts sink in,” said Reul. Whether it is also criminal law was relevant, remains to be seen.