Detention and therapy – son of police officer (17) sold child pornography

A police officer was stunned when his own colleagues stood in front of his house with a search warrant. The serious suspicion against the officer: Possession of child pornography. The detectives therefore confiscated the man’s cell phone and PC (the contracts were all his), but it soon became apparent that the law enforcement officer’s son was the culprit. The investigation against the police officer has therefore been discontinued.

More than 300 files seized
The man’s 17-year-old offspring – the boy recently graduated from a secondary school in central Burgenland – had downloaded as many as 300 photos and 17 videos containing child pornography content from relevant websites from the Internet, and some of the files were also resold. Where he got the money to buy the material – according to “Krone” information it was almost 1000 euros – remained unclear in the process. “My client will answer for himself,” attorney Ina-Christin Stiglitz stated at the start of the trial.

Alleged motive: “shyness”
In any case, the teenager confessed during his trial in Eisenstadt, but at the same time was very taciturn before the judge barred the public from the proceedings. The teenager’s justification: He was so shy, he couldn’t find a girlfriend. Corona made it even more difficult for him to make contact with the opposite sex. That’s why he tried through online partner exchanges and somehow “drifted away”. The verdict that is not final: three months in prison with a postponement and the instruction to undergo psychological counseling.