Man who raped minor citing 'sexual emergency' pleads guilty in Austrian court

Vienna: A 20-year-old migrant accused of raping a boy in Austria has reportedly pleaded guilty to the offence, according to a report in the Daily Mail. The accused had earlier told investigators that he committed the act as ‘it was a case of sexual emergency’.

According to the report, the migrant, who worked as a taxi driver in Vienna told the police that he could not help himself as he had ‘excess sexual energy’, and that he did not mean to scar the child.

The 10-year-old was brutally raped by the migrant in a swimming pool cubicle at The Resienbad, and was found crying by the lifeguard. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, while the police found the migrant on the spot, amusing himself by diving into the pool over and over again.

After his arrest, he was sent to Josefstadt jail in isolation so as to protect him from other prisoners.

On being questioned by the police, he had responded saying that though he knew such an act was 'forbidden in any country of the world', it was a sexual emergency as he had not had sex in past four months. He added that he was not always sick as he had a wife and a daughter back home in Iraq.

According to official records, the migrant entered Austria through the Balkans last September.

The police did not reveal the details of the rape, which took place on December last, to protect the identity of the victim. But information emerged on Facebook, prompting the police to request sensitivity in matters concerning migrants, as ‘they have been through a lot.’

The accused faces up to 10 years in jail.