Munich sex molester begs president for mercy

Munich sex molester begs president for mercy

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norman lebrecht

January 27, 2022

The convicted sex offender Siegfried Mauser, former president of the Munich Academy of Music, has appealed to the Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen for his sentence to be suspended ‘by way of mercy’.

Mauser, 67, has spent the last four years since sentencing finding excuses to stay out of jail in Germany and Austria.

He is now claiming new grounds for challenging one of the trial witnesses.

He has until next week to present himself for a sentence of two years and nine months.

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