Polish authorities have arrested a man in reference to the alleged rape of an “unknowing victim” that was recorded and shared online, the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin mentioned Thursday.
The arrest follows an undercover investigation by NCS into online networks of males educating one another the best way to drug and rape their companions.
Polish media retailers have recognized the man arrested as “Piotr,” the pseudonym given to the Polish man on the heart of NCS’s investigation.
Marek Zych, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s workplace, wouldn’t affirm the suspect’s title to NCS however did affirm a person had been detained on rape expenses and “has been remanded in custody for three months.”
The man was charged with offenses beneath Article 197 of the Polish Criminal Code, which incorporates “an aggravated form of rape where the victim is vulnerable or unable to resist.”
The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned the man had “admitted to the charges brought against him” however it didn’t present any info concerning the following steps in proceedings.
In a press release, the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned the man faces a possible jail sentence of between 3 and 20 years if convicted.
As a part of their investigation, NCS journalists Saskya Vandoorne and Niamh Kennedy created undercover profiles on porn web sites and group chats the place some customers share movies of intercourse acts being carried out on ladies who look like unconscious.
Piotr was one in all practically 1,000 customers they present in a non-public Telegram group devoted to sharing recommendation on the drugging and rape of companions.
He exchanged messages with Vandoorne’s undercover persona sharing what he mentioned had been nonconsensual, intimate pictures of his spouse. NCS traveled to a city in Poland to verify the man’s id.
NCS reached out to Polish police about its findings final month.