Rape process in Dresden: DNA convicts alleged perpetrators

Rape process in Dresden: DNA convicts alleged perpetrators

At the Dresden Regional Court, a sensational process took place in which 40-year-old Afghan Gulagha A. has to answer for two rapes. According to the public prosecutor, he has specifically sought defenseless women to satisfy his sexual needs. The incident caused great sensation due to the severity of the allegations and the circumstances.

The first incident occurred on October 30, 2022 when Verena K. (name changed), a social worker, was on the way home. In the strong alcoholic state, she was addressed in the Dresden Neustadt of Gulagha A. Despite her efforts to ward off him, he followed her into the back yard of her apartment. In this shielded area, the accused is said to have put them on a garden table, pulled their clothes down and raped them. "I told him that I don't want that, even called in English: 'No, No'," said Verena K. during the process.

The role of the DNA track

Although Verena K. had filed a complaint, the perpetrator remained undetected for a long time. It took eleven months for Gulagha A. supposedly hit again. This time the victim was a 32-year-old homeless woman, whom he addressed at the Dresden main station and lured the promise to a shower and some rest to his apartment. When the woman lay on his bed, he raped her according to the indictment.

challenges in the process

Another obstacle in the procedure is the disappearance of the second victim, which was originally also supposed to testify in court. The judiciary will try to bring the woman's video awareness of the woman to the process next week.

Gulagha A., who is now unemployed and attended a German course, previously lived in Iran for ten years, where he worked as an ice cream seller before moving to Germany with his family in 2020. Shortly before the first act he separated from his wife.

The case throws dark shadows on the subject of sexual violence in Germany and the challenges in the evidence in such crimes. The process is pursued with tension because it affects important questions of the legal system. More details on this topic can be found in a detailed report on m.bild.de .