Officially, the investigation into suspected abuse of a three-year-old in Lech in Vorarlberg has not yet ended. Lawyer Nikolaus Rast does not expect any more complaints.
“The witness named by the boy claims to have known nothing and the two families who contacted us after our accusations do not want to be further involved in the proceedings. I have no other witnesses,” explains the lawyer for the family of the three-year-old boy involved, Nikolaus Rast, explains why he expects the preliminary investigation to be stopped.
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During a family skiing holiday in Lech in January, the three-year-old son was allegedly sexually assaulted by a childcare worker in Lech am Arlberg. The boy, who was getting worse after the holidays, is said to have told his parents this and described the alleged perpetrator to a psychologist as a “bad man”. The father has filed a report.
“In conversation with the psychologist, the boy spoke of a slippery fish,” a formulation whose interpretation, according to Rast, points in the direction of abuse, but the three-year-old’s statement alone is not sufficient for an accusation.
DNA report pending
The lawyer has another glimmer of hope – namely the pending result of a DNA report. The father has secured the boy’s clothing, which is now being examined for traces of semen. If this does not yield results, he no longer sees any possibility of harming the alleged perpetrator.
Criticism of the Vorarlberg police
Rast does not give a damn about the approach of the Vorarlberg police, which “would have given the dumbest offender every chance to destroy evidence”. Rast: “It happened on my own while on vacation – but in the totally wrong place.”
He will now first look at the documents and then see whether an advertisement is correct. “It all looks stupid, but is absolutely not criminally relevant.” The prosecutor’s office in Feldkirch has now confirmed to “Krone” that the preliminary investigation into the case has not yet been completed. The spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office, Heinz Rusch, could not say when this could be expected.
Source: Krone
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