Germany: No prison, no deportation: Multiple Afghan child rapist again leniently punished

An Afghan asylum seeker, who arrived in Germany in 2015 and has since repeatedly assaulted minors, was again given a lenient punishment in his second criminal trial. The sentence for Khudai R. (23) was once again: suspended sentence – the judge speaks of a “very last chance”.

In 2013 he fled his home country Afghanistan, in 2015 Khudai R., now 23 years old, arrived in Germany. At the time, R. was still a teenager himself and had experienced terrible things. But instead of coming to terms with these experiences in a safe environment and building a promising future for himself, the young asylum seeker chose a different path: he turned his new home into a crime scene and raped young girls – repeatedly. He has now been brought to court several times for this – but his punishment does not do justice. In the second judgement, the young asylum seeker was again given a suspended sentence, a “very last chance”, as the judge emphasised.

Khudai R. committed his first offence three years after arriving in Germany: In September 2018, the young man, who was 20 years old at the time, made contact with an 11-year-old girl in Langenhagen in Lower Saxony via social media. During several meetings, he severely abused the child, who had learning disabilities, and also passed her on to two Afghan accomplices. These atrocities were only revealed when the traumatised inclusive pupil turned to her guidance counsellor. This was followed by a charge of sexual abuse and a trial in February 2020, in which Khodai R. got off with less than a “black eye” despite the seriousness of his offences.The judge at the Hanover Regional Court said at the time: “A despicable procedure. The girl was degraded to a sexual object.Bad offences that do not remain without consequences”, but the consequences according to his verdict were only two years of juvenile detention on probation. Khudai R. left the courtroom a free man.

If the judge had known that Khudai R. would lay the foundation for his second trial before his first, the verdict might have been different – but maybe not, if one looks at what happened next:

The next trial followed in the summer of 2021. On July the 28th, the judge sentenced the Afghan to one year and eight months in prison – three years suspended. The guilty verdict was a “last chance”. As “mitigating circumstances”, the sex offender was given credit for his confession and his alleged integration.The case of Khudai R. caused great indignation in Germany, and calls for his deportation were made several times. So far, this has not been an issue, but it could still become one. According to section 54 of the German Residence Act, a sex offender can in principle be deported after a custodial or juvenile sentence of at least one year. If the second judgement of the July the 28th becomes legally binding, the authorities could take action and order Khodai R.’s deportation.

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