The Pullacher is said to have offered mothers money to bring him underage girls. Another defendant was also supposed to bring him children. His defense attorneys are addressing the judges during the trial.
Helmut D. is wheeled into the courtroom in a wheelchair. The pensioner appears frail, old, and often closes his eyes, as if he is not following the proceedings. What the public prosecutor is accusing the apparently weak man of is almost beyond belief: he is said to have used the Internet to search for mothers who would make their children available to him in return for payment so that he could sexually abuse them. Also in the dock at the Munich I Regional Court is a 31-year-old who was also supposed to provide Helmut D. with children – and who is later said to have blackmailed the pensioner with videos and leaflets. Both defendants remain silent at the start of the trial.