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German ends jail roof stand-off | |
(about 19 hours later) | |
A convicted German sex offender on trial for raping a teenage girl has come down from a prison roof after a 20-hour televised stand-off. | |
The 36-year-old unemployed technician, identified as Mario M, broke free from guards early on Wednesday while walking in the prison courtyard in Dresden. | |
His trial started on Monday. He is accused of sexually abusing a minor, false imprisonment and bodily harm. | |
Psychologists spent hours talking to him before he left the roof uninjured. | |
His rooftop excursion sparked outrage in Germany, with politicians warning there must be consequences for the justice authorities. | |
Mario M held a teenage girl captive for five weeks after abducting her in January, prosecutors say. | |
They say the girl, now 14, was seized on her way to school and then repeatedly raped. She was freed five weeks later in a police raid. | They say the girl, now 14, was seized on her way to school and then repeatedly raped. She was freed five weeks later in a police raid. |
Mario M scrambled onto the roof and stood right on the ledge as psychologists used an elevated platform to persuade him to come down. | |
It rained heavily during the night and Mario M asked for drinks and a blanket before agreeing to return to his cell, Germany's Spiegel news website reported. | |
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