Fake German doctor gets 11-year prison sentence

The Regional Court of Munich convicted on Monday a 30-year-old man pretending to be a doctor for attempted murder in 13 cases. He was sentenced to eleven years in prison.

The court said that it was proven that the computer scientist impersonated a doctor and persuaded girls and young women to give themselves life-threatening electric shocks.

For years, the man claimed to be conducting scientific studies on pain therapy and offered his victims money in return, up to 3,000 euros.

His victims, for example, built devices with spoons or had themselves tied to a chair for the electric shocks. The false doctor watched his victims via video chat and recorded everything. These video documents were used as evidence in court.

Initially, the man was charged with 88 counts of attempted murder. However, the court did not evaluate all cases as attempted murders. In some cases it assumed assault.