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Doctor ordered 11-year-old girl for sex

A German doctor has been jailed for more than 17 years in the United States for trying to buy eight hours of sex with a young girl in Ohio - in a police sting operation.

Doctor ordered 11-year-old girl for sex
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US federal prosecutors said Peter Beichl, 50, a doctor from Albstadt in Baden-Württemberg state, flew from Germany to Cleveland in March believing he would have sex with an 11-year-old girl for $1,150 (€859).

He was arrested at the Cleveland airport with lingerie, sex toys and 17 condoms as well as a sedative meant to facilitate the abuse.

In a previous email to an undercover federal agent he had allegedly written: “If she should be scared, I could bring some short acting slight sedative, which is doing no harm.”

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Beichl also brought stuffed unicorn toys for his trip because he believed the girl loved the fantasy animals, according to a statement from the US Department of Justice.

Beichl’s conviction is one of four from an undercover investigation authorities began in 2009. Federal agents set up an undercover website that the Cleveland Plain Dealer has reported was called “Precious Treasure Holiday Company,” which offered to arrange sex with children.

Paedophiles who made email inquiries were then invited by federal agents to make sex bookings and travel to the United States.

Another German caught in the sting, 63-year-old Otto Linzenbach of Leipzig, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of attempted exploitation of children and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and is awaiting sentencing.

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Elon Musk visits Tesla’s sabotage-hit German factory

Elon Musk travelled Wednesday to Tesla's factory near Berlin to lend his workers "support" after the plant was forced to halt production by a suspected arson attack on nearby power lines.

Elon Musk visits Tesla's sabotage-hit German factory

The Tesla CEO addressed thousands of employees on arrival at the site, accusing “eco-terrorists” of the sabotage as he defended his company’s green credentials.

With his son X AE A-XII in his arms, Musk said: “I am here to support you.”

The billionaire’s visit came a week after power lines supplying the electric carmaker’s only European plant were set on fire in an act of sabotage claimed by a far-left group called the Vulkangruppe (Volcano Group).

READ ALSO: Far-left group claims ‘sabotage’ on Tesla’s German factory

Musk had said then that the attack was “extremely dumb”, while the company said it would cost it several hundred million euros.

A week on, the lights have come back on at the site, but Andre Thierig, who heads the site, said on LinkedIn that it would “take a bit of time” before production is back to full speed.

Industry experts have warned that the reputational impact caused by the sabotage on the region could be more severe than the losses suffered by Tesla.

Tesla’s German plant started production in 2022 following an arduous two-year approval and construction process dogged by administrative and legal obstacles.

Tesla wants to expand the site by 170 hectares and boost production up to one million vehicles annually to feed Europe’s growing demand for electric cars and take on rivals who are shifting away from combustion engine vehicles.

But the plans have annoyed local residents, who voted against the project in a non-binding ballot last month.

After the vote, Tesla said it might have to rethink the plans. Environmental activists opposed to the expansion of the factory have recently also set up a camp in a wooded area near the plant.

READ ALSO: Why is Tesla’s expansion near Berlin so controversial?

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