German consul arrested in Brazil: sadomasochism and more than 30 injuries

The German diplomat with the rank of consul, Uwe Herbert Hahn, has been arrested in Brazil, accused of murdering his partner, with whom he had been in a relationship for 23 years.

The investigating judge has ordered his transfer to Benfica prison due to inconsistencies between his version and the evidence. The corpse presented 30 injuries, which could be related to sadomasochistic practices.

The German diplomat affirmed that his husband, the Belgian Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, 53 years old, suffered a fall last Friday night in the apartment where they lived in the neighborhood of Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, which would have caused his death. He also affirmed before the agents that his husband took medication to sleep and that he used to drink almost every day.

However, the autopsy indicates that the cause of death is a subarachnoid hemorrhage, cranial contusion, and cranioencephalic trauma caused by a blunt action, according to the Medical-Legal Institute of Rio de Janeiro, quoted by ‘O Globo’.

In addition, the body presents 30 injuries such as ecchymosis, excoriations, and other wounds in the arms, legs, trunk, and head, so the specialists consider that they are incompatible with a fall, as the German diplomat defends.

POLICE INVESTIGATION

“The injuries are not typical of a fall from that height and are distributed over various parts of the body, including so-called natural defense areas such as forearms, hands, and legs, as well as fatal head injuries,” explained a police spokeswoman, Camila Lourenço. “Most of the wounds are recent ecchymosis, but there are indications of some old ones as well,” she has pointed out.

“The type, format, and distribution of these injuries suggest a practice of sadomasochism, so we need to investigate further,” she argued.

With information from ABC ES