The Local Germany

Will closing borders drive Germans to incest?

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 19:07:10 +0200

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble told a German newspaper this week that closing Germany’s borders would lead to incest. Wait, what?

'Incest should be legal,' says ethics board

Wed, 24 Sep 2014 17:05:00 +0200

The German Ethics Council said on Wednesday the government should consider decriminalizing incestuous relationships.

RTL cancels sex segment over incest

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:53:00 +0100

German broadcaster RTL abruptly removed programme “7 Days of Sex” (7 Tage Sex) from its regularly scheduled time slot last Wednesday after it was revealed that the featured couple had the same father.

Jail for incest man justified - court

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:04:00 +0200

A man jailed for incest after fathering four children with his sister has been told the German court ruling was justified – following the rejection of his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

Man acquitted of rape but jailed for incest

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:18:00 +0100

Adolf B., who conceived three disabled children with his daughter, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for incest by a Nuremberg court. But he was acquitted of 500 counts of rape.

Incest family was village's 'open secret'

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:23:00 +0100

An incestuous relationship between a man and his daughter was an open secret in a Bavarian village since at least 1982, according to testimony Tuesday in the trial of Adolf B. – accused of raping and fathering three disabled kids with his victim.

Man claims 34 years of incest was consensual

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:57:00 +0100

A man charged with raping his daughter nearly 500 times and fathering three children by her during a 34-year reign of domestic terror told a German court on Monday the sex had been consensual.

Village denies ignoring incest family horrors

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:04:00 +0200

Residents of the Bavarian village where it emerged this week a man raped his daughter over a period of 34 years, fathering three children with her, say they are worried they will be stigmatized by the story – and blamed for not raising the alarm.

Father accused of raping daughter over 34 years

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:08:00 +0200

A 69-year-old German man has been charged with nearly 500 counts of rape after it emerged he fathered three children with his own daughter over a period of 34 years at the family's home in Bavaria.

Incest trucker receives maximum jail sentence

Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:22:00 +0100

A German court on Tuesday jailed an ex-trucker for 14 and a half years for sexually abusing his daughter, stepson and stepdaughter, with whom he fathered eight children.

Incest trucker confesses

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:55:00 +0100

A German trucker accused of sexually abusing his daughter and fathering eight children with his stepdaughter, confessed to all charges on Monday, a court spokesman said.

Prosecutors demand 14.5 years for ‘German Fritzl’

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:10:00 +0100

Prosecutors called Thursday for a German man accused of sexually abusing his daughter, stepdaughter and stepson to spend more than 14 years in jail, in a case that has shocked the country.

Incest trucker admits abusing daughter

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:13:00 +0100

A German truck driver who fathered seven children with his stepdaughter admitted in court on Wednesday to also sexually abusing his biological daughter over a number of years.

'German Fritzl' put on trial for incest

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:37:00 +0100

A German trucker went on trial Tuesday accused of sexually abusing his daughter and stepchildren for decades after neighbours and social services apparently ignored warning signs.

German high court upholds incest law

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:02:00 +0100

Germany's Constitutional Court has ruled that incest is still punishable by law.