He raped a woman and bit off a piece of her ear in the process – the prosecution is convinced of this.
The trial at the Berlin Regional Court was to begin on Monday. The charges: rape in a particularly serious case, dangerous bodily harm.
But the accused did not show up: “I am simply too tired,” Orhan A. (58 years old) told the court via his defence lawyer.
On February 25, 2019, he allegedly beat and choked a long-time acquaintance (then 46 years old) in her flat. The Kenyan-born woman had rejected sexual advances, according to the indictment.
Like Mike Tyson once did to his opponent in the boxing ring, the Turk allegedly bit off a piece of the right ear of the woman from Africa. She was threatened with a knife and raped, according to the indictment. Later she managed to escape. The missing piece of the ear, however, was never found.
Nevertheless, the accused is still at large. So far, he has only had to report regularly to the police. Because he was absent from the main hearing without excuse, the arrest warrant was reinstated.
“We had a lot of patience with him,” said the judge. “Then he will just have to wait behind bars. Our next scheduled available trial dates are not until February 2022.”
There is still one last chance for the alleged ear-off rapist: if he lets himself be arrested voluntarily this week, the trial will begin on August 23.
https://www.bz-berlin.de/tatort/menschen-vor-gericht/__trashed-36