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 stated Thursday.
The arrest follows an undercover investigation by NCS into online networks of males educating one another easy methods to drug and rape their companions.
Polish media shops have recognized the man arrested as “Piotr,” the pseudonym given to the Polish man on the middle of NCS’s investigation.
Marek Zych, a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s workplace, wouldn’t affirm the suspect’s identify to NCS however did affirm a person had been detained on rape prices and “has been remanded in custody for three months.”
The man was charged with offenses underneath 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 stated the man had “admitted to the charges brought against him” nevertheless it didn’t present any info relating to the following steps in proceedings.
In an announcement, the prosecutor’s workplace stated 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 every of practically 1,000 customers they present in a personal Telegram group devoted to sharing recommendation on the drugging and rape of companions.
He exchanged messages with Vandoorne’s undercover persona sharing what he stated had been nonconsensual, intimate photos 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.