Neighbours raised alarm after hearing 43-
year-old moaning at house in Freienfels,
Bavaria
year-old moaning at house in Freienfels,
Bavaria
A 43-year-old German man has been rescued
from a house in Bavaria after apparently
having been held in isolation by his parents
for the past three decades.
German prosecutors are investigating the
man’s parents on charges of assault through
neglect and false imprisonment.
“We still don’t know exactly for how long the
man has had no contact with the outside
world and ... whether or not he was allowed to
leave the property at all,” police spokesman
Jürgen Stadter told German media. “But we
can say he was held in isolation.”
The man is said to have been in an unkempt
state, with ingrown toenails and smeared in
his own excrement but was not
undernourished. Neighbours raised the alarm
having reported hearing the man moaning at
the house in Freienfels, northern Bavaria.
from a house in Bavaria after apparently
having been held in isolation by his parents
for the past three decades.
German prosecutors are investigating the
man’s parents on charges of assault through
neglect and false imprisonment.
“We still don’t know exactly for how long the
man has had no contact with the outside
world and ... whether or not he was allowed to
leave the property at all,” police spokesman
Jürgen Stadter told German media. “But we
can say he was held in isolation.”
The man is said to have been in an unkempt
state, with ingrown toenails and smeared in
his own excrement but was not
undernourished. Neighbours raised the alarm
having reported hearing the man moaning at
the house in Freienfels, northern Bavaria.
Police raided the home and found the man
who they took to a regional hospital where he
is being treated. Doctors there have said they
believe he is mentally disabled.
Police said the man had been to primary
school and had started secondary education,
but at about the age of 13 experts declared
him to be unfit for school.
His mother told the local newpaper
Nordbayerische Kurier her son had “had
enough of life” having been teased at school.
who they took to a regional hospital where he
is being treated. Doctors there have said they
believe he is mentally disabled.
Police said the man had been to primary
school and had started secondary education,
but at about the age of 13 experts declared
him to be unfit for school.
His mother told the local newpaper
Nordbayerische Kurier her son had “had
enough of life” having been teased at school.
“He wanted to stay with us. If I were to tell
you what we went through, you wouldn’t
believe me. All I ever wanted to do was protect
him,” she said.
you what we went through, you wouldn’t
believe me. All I ever wanted to do was protect
him,” she said.
She described the police raid on the family
home as an “ambush”.
home as an “ambush”.
In a similar case in April, police freed a 26-
year-old woman from a flat in Rosenheim,
Bavaria, who had been allegedly held in a
room by her 54-year-old mother for years. The
mother jumped out of the second floor flat
when the police entered and was badly injured. Source - the guardian
year-old woman from a flat in Rosenheim,
Bavaria, who had been allegedly held in a
room by her 54-year-old mother for years. The
mother jumped out of the second floor flat
when the police entered and was badly injured. Source - the guardian
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