How can one do such a thing to a defenceless, frail senior citizen?
Two young men (24, 17) have been on trial at the Bremen Regional Court since Friday for severely abusing and robbing a pensioner (72), according to the public prosecutor. Unbelievable: The younger man allegedly undressed her afterwards and tried to rape her. The prosecutor: “He failed!”
It was allegedly not the first time: With another accomplice, he allegedly assaulted and abused a senior citizen (93) in the same way two months earlier. According to the prosecution, the 17-year-old also undressed and sexually abused this elderly woman!
In the dock: Aberrahmane M. (24) from Tunisia and Mestafa B. (17) from Algeria. The prosecutor: “On February 13, they rang the doorbell of the 72-year-old woman’s house on Osterlinger Straße in in the Walle district of Bremen, pushed her to the floor. They bound, gagged, beat and kicked their victim.”
The perpetrators dragged the woman into the cellar, gathered about 70 pieces of jewellery worth about 50,000 euros.
The horror: Then the 17-year-old allegedly went back into the cellar. The prosecutor: “There, Mestafa B. stripped the abdomen of the bound senior citizen and tried to rape her. He failed. His victim was scared to death, still suffers from the consequences of the crime today.”
Also in December 2020, the Algerian is said to have already abused a senior citizen (93) in her house on Schifferstraße in the Walle district of Bremen, not 500 metres away from the other scene of the crime. With another accomplice, Mohamed M. (33), he had posed as a parcel delivery man. The compatriot is on trial separately.
They tied up the old lady, took off her shoes, trousers and pants. Mestafa B. (17) allegedly dragged the senior citizen to the upper floor, laid her on her bed and sexually abused her.
The accomplice at the time, Mohamed M. (33), claimed in his trial that he had already fled after the woman was tied up and had nothing to do with the sex crime.
On Friday, Aberrahmane M. and Mestafa B. refused to testify. Both trials will be continued.