Former theater director Thomas Pekny was sentenced to a suspended sentence on Thursday for gaining access to child and youth pornography via the internet. He must also pay 5,000 euros to the Munich Child Protection Association.
The files – more than 100 of them – were found on Pekny’s cell phone during other investigation. Surprisingly, the suspect did not appear at the trial on Thursday. “He is doing anything but well,” his lawyers said in court. Since there have been “doubts about the feasibility of the main hearing for some time,” a judge at the Munich I Regional Court announced that a writ of execution procedure would be used.
Allegations of sexual abuse
It was not the first trial against the former theater director, originally from Linz. At the end of July 2021, he was acquitted of charges of sexually assaulting women due to lack of evidence. The court ruled at the time that the crime could not be proven. Pekny had always denied the accusations, but resigned as theater director after the trial.
On Thursday he received an eight-month suspended sentence for accessing child and youth pornography. After his dismissal, Pekny continued to work for a while as a set designer for the Bavarian court. However, his successor as director no longer wants to work with him in the future.
Source: Krone
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