Role model Teichtmeister

Child porn consumer begs: “Just no jail time!”

"I only looked at the pictures, I didn't do anything to anyone," is a popular excuse used by child porn consumers. But they are the ones who enjoy the terrible suffering of girls and boys all over the world.

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The fallen star actor Florian Teichtmeister got away with two years' imprisonment at his child pornography trial. This verdict is now setting a precedent - because a Carinthian child porn user also begged at his trial: "Just don't go to prison!" He was not interested in the suffering of abused children.

The "Lex Teichmeister" has many repercussions: On the one hand, the threats of punishment for consumers of child porn have been tightened - but on the other hand, after the "conditional" prominent verdict, they also sense the chance to get away without imprisonment. How do judges react to this call from the dock? We took a close look at a case from Carinthia.