Bavaria: Abuse in the sports club? Coach in custody

Landsberg am Lech (dpa / lby) - A sports trainer from Upper Bavaria is suspected of having sexually abused children.

Bavaria: Abuse in the sports club? Coach in custody

Landsberg am Lech (dpa / lby) - A sports trainer from Upper Bavaria is suspected of having sexually abused children. The Augsburg public prosecutor and the Fürstenfeldbruck criminal police are investigating the 21-year-old from the Landsberg am Lech district, as the police headquarters in Upper Bavaria North announced on Saturday. He is strongly suspected of having abused two twelve-year-old girls from his team as a coach in a sports club and is now in custody.

According to the information, the investigators are evaluating several storage media that were secured from the young man. The parents of the children and young people who were trained by the 21-year-old were informed of the investigation in close consultation with the club's board of directors.