Police officers from the Railway Police Station in Wrocław detained a 32-year-old repeat offender suspected of raping a 17-year-old girl in the toilet of a train running from Kalisz to Wrocław. The court remanded him in custody for three months.
Report on 6 November
As the Voivodeship Police Headquarters in Wrocław reported, on 6 November a tearful girl came to officers of the Railway Police Station. She said that on the train she had been forced into sexual intercourse by an unknown man. She gave a detailed description of the perpetrator, who was dressed in a distinctive way.
According to the police, the man approached the 17-year-old already on the platform in Kalisz and offered her drugs. When she refused, he allegedly tried to kiss her by force. The girl ran onto the train to Wrocław, but the suspect boarded after her and forced her into the toilet. There, the rape took place.
Surveillance and arrest
Investigators analysed CCTV footage from stations and trains and identified the perpetrator. Thanks to cooperation with officers of the District Police Headquarters in Sieradz, he was detained the following day at his place of residence. He had drugs on him.
Charges and custody
The 32-year-old was charged by prosecutors, and the court temporarily remanded him in custody for 3 months. The police say he is a repeat offender many times over and that this is not his first crime of this kind. For this reason he faces a harsher penalty, up to nearly 23 years of imprisonment.
The announcement was published on 13 November. The police did not disclose the suspect’s identity.
