Germany acquits a man accused of buying a 12-year-old girl as a wife and domestic slave.
The judges admitted that the defendant could not know the girl's age because his religion prevented him from «examining her» before signing the purchase contract.
Court of Essen
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As it reveals Tichys Insight, the case dates back to 2017, when a Syrian resident in Germany He bought a girl in Syria for about $2,000 and brought her to Essen.. The sale was intended to facilitate the father's family reunification in Germany. To bring the girl into the country, a false birth certificate was used that gave her the legal age of an adult.
Once in Essen, The minor girl was handed over as an “Islamic wife” to her brother Wasim A., who had arrived in Germany two years earlier. According to subsequent investigation, The girl was subjected to repeated rapes, physical assaults and a regime of forced domestic labour. that made her a domestic slave in the family home.
First conviction: systematic sexual abuse and ongoing violence
In June 2024, a court in Essen sentenced Wasim A. to five and a half years' imprisonment. The court found proven 19 counts of child sexual abuse, including four counts of rape, as well as multiple bodily injuries and threats.. With the intervention of social services, the minor was removed from her family and placed in a child protection centre, where she continues to receive psychological support.
A second legal proceedings were opened months later to determine the responsibility of the elder brother, Ahmad A. He was the one who went to Syria and signed the contract for the sale of the girl.
Second trial: the man admits the purchase but is acquitted.
In January 2025, the trial of Ahmad A. began., accused of complicity in the abuses and of participating in the purchase contract. Before the court, The defendant admitted to having personally signed the purchase document with the father and an imam and to having organised the girl's journey to Germany.. He also admitted that he himself was living with two women in Germany, and that other family members were engaging in similar practices.
At the trial, he denied knowing the girl's true age because his religion prevented him from “examining her”. The court considered that It could not be proven that he knew the girl's true age. at the time of purchase. What the research did show, however, was that the family She had used a forged birth certificate to make the girl appear of age., which allowed her to be introduced into Germany without arousing suspicion for years.
Although Ahmad A. admitted to having signed the purchase contract and having taken part in the operation to bring the minor into the country, the court ultimately acquitted him on a legal ground: The German Criminal Code does not specifically criminalise the purchase of a human being.. Therefore, he could not be convicted merely for having acquired the girl or for having signed the contract. Since it could not be proven that he had taken part directly in the abuse or that he knew the girl's true age, the court acquitted him.
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