European Court backs German incest ruling
German courts did not violate a Leipzig man’s privacy rights by convicting him for incest with his younger sister – with whom he fathered four children, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has said.
The court, part of the 47-nation Council of Europe based in eastern Strasbourg, France, said German courts didn’t violate the rights of Patrick Stuebing, who was sentenced to 14 months in prison in 2005. He is now free.
