Policeman who ‘stealthed’ girlfriend by removing condom is convicted

Policeman who ‘stealthed’ his girlfriend and removed a condom during sex without telling her is given an eight-month jail-term for the offence in Germany’s first case of its kind

  • Policeman was having sex with girlfriend in Berlin and removed condom
  • When she realised he had done it, she became furious and called police 
  • The man, 36, was tried for rape but convicted of sexual assault last week 

A German policeman who removed a condom during sex with his girlfriend without her knowing has been found guilty of sexual assault.

The couple were having sex in November last year when he secretly took off the condom despite her ‘explicitly requesting’ him to wear one, an act known as ‘stealthing’.

The woman only realised he had taken it off when he ejaculated inside her. She left his flat and rang the police, fearing she may have been given an STI.

A German policeman who removed a condom during sex with his girlfriend without her knowing has been found guilty of sexual assault (stock image)

The man, 36, was tried in Berlin for rape. He claimed he took the condom off because it had ripped and that he had ejaculated outside his girlfriend’s body.

He was not found guilty of rape because the sex was consensual but was found guilty of sexual assault for removing the condom without consent. 


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The man was given an eight-month suspended jail sentence, fined 3,000 euros (£2,712) and told to pay 96 euros (£87) for the woman’s STI test, reported CNN.

The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Germany. Two similar cases in Switzerland and Canada both ended in convictions, one for rape and one for sex assault. 

Ms Wright advised victims to keep condoms from the encounter and report the incident to police as soon as possible

Legal expert Pauline Wright explained why stealthing constitutes sexual assault.

She said consent is defined as voluntarily agreeing to sexual intercourse, which would be breached by secretly removing a condom.

‘If that agreement is, “Yes, I will have sex with you provided you have a condom on”, then it is removed during sex without knowledge or consent, it undoes the agreement and undoes the consent.’ 

Ms Wright advised victims to keep condoms from the encounter and report the incident to police as soon as possible.

‘If there was a condom available and if it is there, keep it. Put it in a plastic bag and take it to the police station.’

Stealthing often goes undetected until victims contract an STI or fall pregnant.

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