Justice
Prison sentence for rape during bondage
The defendant (m.) was sentenced to prison by the Munich Regional Court. photo
© Matthias Balk/dpa
On several occasions the sex was consensual as a man and a woman lived out rape fantasies. Until the man ignored the woman’s “safe word”. The only option for this would be a prison sentence, the judge ruled.
As a safety precaution, the two had agreed on a so-called safe word: the man should stop immediately if the woman says “black heart”. At a meeting in Egling (Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen district) in 2022, the 39-year-old initially adhered to this rule when the woman used the safe word – only to then tie her up again and take her with him despite the repeated stop signal to beat with a whip and to rape.
The defendant admitted the allegations in the trial and also paid compensation to the woman as part of a perpetrator-victim settlement. But because he had exploited a special relationship of trust, a suspended sentence was no longer justifiable given the specific circumstances of the crime, the presiding judge said in his judgment last Friday.
The verdict for particularly serious rape, grievous bodily harm and deprivation of liberty is not yet final. The defense and public prosecution have until October 20th to appeal to the Federal Court of Justice. The prosecution had demanded a prison sentence of three years and eight months, the defense a suspended sentence of a maximum of two years.