A man has been jailed for having sex with his sister 21 times after alerting police to his crimes by calling and saying it was consensual.
Lucas K., 20, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on Wednesday for sleeping with his 33-year-old half-sister, who was given the pseudonym Marie S. by German newspaper Bild.
The prosecutor also accused Lucas K. of raping his sister several times.
Lucas K. grew up in foster care and was made homeless when he turned 18, so his half-sister took him in. He moved into her apartment in Dresden, in the German state of Saxony, in January 2023, where she lived with three dogs and several cats.
The then-teenager first raped his sister shortly after he moved in, according to the prosecutors.
Marie S. was also allegedly strangled and beaten by her half-brother, who later threatened her several times by saying he would harm her dogs.
At one point, he allegedly threatened his sister with a knife and smashed things in her apartment.
On July 26, 2024, Marie S. threatened to report her brother for rape. But Lucas K. took matters into his own hands and called the police, telling them he wanted to clear up the ‘matter’. He was swiftly arrested.
The 20-year-old did not comment on the allegations during his trial at Dresden District Court.
The public prosecutor demanded that Lucas K. should be handed a five-year jail sentence for rape, but the judge said he had doubts that the sex between the siblings wasn’t consensual.
‘There were several witnesses who reported that the siblings acted like a couple. The family support service also had the same impression,’ judge Andreas Ziegel said, according to Bild.
They also slept in the same bed and Marie S. did not kick her brother out, despite the alleged repeated rapes, the newspaper reports.
Lucas K. also reportedly bragged to his sister’s boyfriend that he ‘always had sex with her’. Him calling the police himself to defend the rape accusation was another reason why the court doubted the sister’s statements.
‘These pieces of evidence have made us doubt that the sister really had sex with the defendant against her will, the judge said.
Lucas K. was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for incest and other offences, including property damage, causing bodily harm and resisting arrest.