Sexual assault and chainsaw threat: charges filed against repeat offender in Borsod County
Charges have been filed against a repeat offender in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County: the man allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl, then pursued her and her friend with an operating chainsaw.
Repeat offender threatened victim with chainsaw in Borsod County
According to Daily News Hungary, the north-eastern Hungarian prosecutor's office has filed charges against a repeat offender who allegedly sexually assaulted a fifteen-year-old girl in his own home, then pursued the victim and her friend with an operating chainsaw on the street.
According to the Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County Chief Prosecutor's Office, the incident occurred in January last year, when the defendant invited several guests to his family home in Borsod County. Among the members of the group was a male acquaintance, as well as another man who arrived with his fifteen-year-old girlfriend. During the evening, those present consumed alcohol.
According to the prosecution, the defendant approached the girl on the terrace and made a sexual proposition to her. After the girl refused, the man grabbed her hand and sexually assaulted her. The victim eventually managed to free herself by biting the defendant's arm.
The girl then ran to her friend and asked him to leave the house. The defendant attempted to prevent their departure and got into a physical altercation with the boy – hitting him once. The couple eventually managed to flee the property when another guest arrived.
The defendant then pursued them on the street: allegedly, with a running chainsaw in his hand, he followed the couple, threatening and brandishing it. The girl called for police assistance from a public telephone booth and then sought refuge in a nearby house.
The Sátoraljaújhely District Prosecutor's Office filed charges against the man for qualified sexual assault and further offences – the MTI reported on Monday, quoting Zsolt Jogg, deputy press spokesman for the county chief prosecutor's office. The defendant has a criminal record and is classified as a repeat offender.
The prosecution is seeking a custodial sentence and disqualification from public office, and also proposed that the man should not be eligible for conditional release. The case now moves to the court phase; the charges have not yet been established with a final court judgment.
Source: Daily News Hungary