Ghanaian asylum seeker in Germany who 'raped a woman at knifepoint in front of her boyfriend confesses to killing his brother-in-law before travelling to Europe'
The German Authorities have arrested a Ghanaian asylum seeker accused
of raping a woman at knife point in front of her boyfriend at a German
campsite.
The suspect, identified only as 32-year-old Erik X, has been charged with aggravated rape and predatory blackmail.
The authorities said the brutal rape incident happened in April, near
the city of Bonn, but they were shocked when they learned that Erik X,
who is in prison in the Ossendorf district of Cologne awaiting trial,
confessed to another crime to a psychiatrist.
According to the psychiatric report, Eric had confessed that he
killed his brother-in-law in a dispute about the inheritance of a family
member, which was what led him to migrate to Europe in 2014.
But the psychiatrist found no mental illnesses which means he can be held accountable for the rape, if found guilty.
The German authorities also revealed that Erik X got a notice 10 days
before the rape of the young woman that he would face deportation to
Italy, where he had originally entered the Schengen zone as his asylum
application had been rejected.
His victims, a 23-year-old and her 26-year-old boyfriend, were
camping in a meadow in the Siegaue Nature Reserve just to the north of
the city of Bonn, where the River Sieg flows into the Rhine.
He allegedly approached the tent, cut the tarpaulin open using a saw and then asked the couple for money.
Threatening the couple with the tree saw, he allegedly yelled at the woman: 'Come you b***h. I want to f*** you.'
According to the police investigation, he dragged the blonde woman
out of the tent, still threatening the couple with the tree saw.
Her boyfriend later managed to alert the police. The Ghanaian migrant then fled towards the Rhine.
Both of the victims are currently undergoing psychological care and are still heavily traumatised.
On 8th April, Erik X was recognised walking along River Rhine in the
Bonn neighbourhood of Beuel. Although his DNA matched with sperm from
the crime scene, he insisted he was not guilty.
So far, he has not given any statement about the rape, and his lawyer Martin Moersdorf has also refused to comment on the case.
Moersdorf said: 'We discussed the case, discussed the evidence, but
at the present time I advised my client not to comment on the
allegation.'
He also refused to comment about the psychiatric report and the confession of the murder of a family member in Ghana.
The trial of Erik X is set to start on September 25, 2017, according to Mail Online.
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