On March 5th, 2025, an Iraqi man sexually harassed a 22-year-old woman in Dresden, and the next day he allegedly grabbed a 17-year-old girl’s buttocks, demanding that she go with him. When the minor resisted, the man fled. Shortly thereafter, he started harassing a 10-year-old girl, who started screaming for help, causing the man to flee again. After this latter incident, the police successfully apprehended and arrested him. At the police station, the man continued his rampage by verbally abusing the interpreter and then threatening to kill her.

23-year-old Ismail A. was first granted asylum in Sweden upon his arrival in Europe. He then traveled to Germany and submitted another application there. According to the Dublin Regulation, the country where the application was first submitted is responsible for assessing the asylum application. Accordingly, the police sent him back to Sweden for the second time. After being deported to Sweden in June, 2025 he returned a month later.

Ismail had already come to the attention of the Federal Police in 2024 for resisting ticket inspections, sexual harassment, public indecency, defamation, and obtaining services by deception. When he returned to Germany in the summer of 2025, the Dresden public prosecutor’s office issued an involuntary commitment order against him. He was therefore temporarily placed in a psychiatric hospital, where he was diagnosed with psychosis and schizophrenia. Although this was most likely caused by drug use, he cannot be held criminally responsible.

The Dresden Regional Court then examined whether the Iraqi man posed a threat to public safety and could be detained on a permanent basis. In this context, the court examined the possibility of permanent placement in a psychiatric institution. Although Judge Andreas Ziegel considered the sexual harassment to be proven, he rejected the prosecution’s request for placement in a psychiatric institution, citing legal constraints.

“I don’t want to downplay this; it’s an unpleasant situation for any woman, and also for us, if something worse were to happen,” the judge said. “But we have no evidence that he is using violence to enforce his demands. We are fully aware that this is possible. However, we are bound by the law.”

The Iraqi man was then released and given medication sufficient for three days. The judge noted that further crimes could be committed if he stopped taking the medication.

However, the public prosecutor’s office stated that it intends to appeal the verdict.

“A deportation to the country of origin would not fail at the Dresden public prosecutor’s office if requested,” said Senior Public Prosecutor Jürgen Schmidt.

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