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   From: burfordTjustice@tues.uk   
      
   German Prosecutor: Afghan Asylum Seeker Charged with Rape, Murder of   
   Student Pretended to be a Child   
      
   An Afghan asylum seeker charged with raping and murdering the daughter   
   of an EU official in Germany will be tried as an adult after the   
   authorities realized he lied about being under 18.   
      
   Hussein Khavari was arrested over the rape and murder of 19-year-old medical   
   student Maria Ladenburger in Freiburg, south-west Germany, in December. Her   
   body was found in the River Dreisam on October 16.   
      
   Miss Ladenburger was the daughter of Dr Clemens Ladenburger, a lawyer who   
   assists the legal director of the European Commission. In her spare time, the   
   student volunteered at a center helping asylum seekers.   
      
   At the time of his arrest in December, Hussein Khavari claimed to be 17 years   
   old – something Heat Street reported. Under German law, his status as a   
   minor meant he would have served a maximum of 10 years in jail if found guilty.   
      
   However, a report commissioned by the prosecutor’s office has concluded that   
   Khavari was at least 22-years-old at the time of the alleged crime. Their   
   report means he can now be charged as an adult. If found guilty, he could face   
   a life sentence.   
       
       
   After his arrest, it came to light that in 2013 he told Greek authorities that   
   he was aged 17. This followed a gruesome incident in May of that year in which   
   he threw a 20-year-old student off a cliff on the island of Corfu. The woman   
   was severely    
   injured but survived the trauma and was able to identify her attacker. Khavari   
   was placed in youth detention for 10 years but for reasons unknown he was   
   freed and sneaked into Germany in 2015 posing as an unaccompanied 17-year-old   
   boy.   
      
   He was arrested on suspicion of involvement in Miss Ladenburger’s murder   
   after police linked his DNA to traces found at the crime scene. Police believe   
   he ambushed Maria as she rode her bicycle home after a party in the early   
   hours of the morning,    
   raped her, then drowned her.   
      
   The Afghan asylum seeker has been in custody since his arrest. He has   
   reportedly remained silent on all charges and did not allow himself to be   
   questioned by forensic medical experts.   
      
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