Erfurt (dpa/th) – A youth coach has been arrested on suspicion of serious sexual abuse of children. During a search of the accused 58-year-old ju-jutsu trainer, numerous child and youth pornographic files were found in northern Thuringia on Wednesday, the State Criminal Police Office announced on Wednesday.
According to the information, the investigators had tracked down the man in another case. Accordingly, in a separate procedure, they had secured data carriers on which they found image and video recordings of serious sexual abuse. According to the police, the recordings showed a girl from the man’s family environment. The case is pending at the public prosecutor’s office in Mühlhausen.