The ex-councillor from Aargau, arrested last autumn for alleged sexual acts with children, will stay in custody for another six months, as confirmed by the Aargau public prosecutor’s office.

Former Aargau councillor, arrested in the autumn on suspicion of sexual acts with children, remains in custody for a further six months. The Aargau public prosecutor’s office confirmed a report by SRF’s Regionaljournal Aargau/Solothurn.

The SVP representative was arrested in September 2023 and resigned from the Grand Council as a result of the criminal investigation. His detention, initially set at three months, had already been extended by six months in December.

The Aargau compulsory measures court has now confirmed the renewed extension until December 4, 2024, as Adrian Schuler, spokesman for the Aargau public prosecutor’s office, told the Keystone-SDA news agency. “That seems like a long time, but it is not unusual and is proportionate in these proceedings,” said Schuler.

This means that the public prosecutor’s office is assuming a prison sentence of significantly more than one year, according to the report published online by the regional journal on Monday.

The public prosecutor’s office did not disclose the exact charges against the man, who works professionally as a business IT specialist. It was previously stated that the alleged offenses were not related to the accused’s office as a member of the Grand Council.

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