A 28-year-old refugee from Somalia is facing charges after breaking into a home in Germany during a family wedding celebration and sexually abusing 9-year-old twin children.
Darmstadt Regional Court heard how Mahamad A., entered the property in Ginsheim-Gustavsburg, Hesse, on Oct. 5 last year at around 11 p.m. through an unlocked front door.
While around 30 guests celebrated a wedding downstairs, the Somali migrant, intoxicated with alcohol and cannabis, allegedly made his way upstairs to the children’s bedrooms, Bild reported.
Public prosecutor Dominik van Gember detailed how the suspect first sneaked into the boy’s room on the first floor, exposed himself, and attempted to remove the boy’s pajama pants. When the child, Ben (name changed), woke up in fear, he ran to his mother, Elke H., a doctor, who initially thought he had imagined the event and returned him to bed. However, moments later, his twin sister Marie (name changed) appeared, stripped down to her underpants.
“I went to the bathroom with her, and at that moment, Ben shouted: ‘Help, help, there’s someone here!’” Elke H. recalled. The suspect had allegedly re-entered Ben’s room.
A federal police officer, who was among the wedding guests, intervened and detained Mahamad A. until law enforcement arrived. Authorities found him in possession of two stuffed animals which he had on his person upon entering the property.
The court heard how the suspect had been living in Germany since 2017 and previously worked as a forklift driver.
He denied the charges during a police interview, stating, “I didn’t do anything.”
However, the defendant later claimed in court that while he did admit to breaking into the house, he had no memory of his crimes.
Both child victims are due to testify in court in the coming days.