The district court of Schweinfurt has sentenced a doctor to two years in prison for secretly filming patients and employees in the toilet or during treatments. The sentence, including for sexual abuse using a treatment relationship, was suspended on probation. The probationary period is three years, said a regional court spokesman on Tuesday. The main post reported.
At the beginning of the trial, the orthopedist confessed to the secret images and apologized. In their pleading, the public prosecutor had demanded a prison sentence of three and a half years, the defense eight months in prison, suspended on probation. According to the indictment, eight women fell victim to the doctor between 2016 and 2020. Among other things, the man is said to have massaged the breasts of patients during examinations, although there was no medical reason for this. He is said to have filmed two women employed in his practice with a hidden camera in the toilet.