A doctor who was jailed after his lover overdosed on cocaine sprinkled on his genitals has been ordered to pay compensation to her husband and son.
Dr. Andreas David Niederbichler, 45, who was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2019 after he was found guilty of aggravated rape and bodily harm was ordered to pay £25,000.
Niederbichler is alleged to have been having an affair with a woman only identified as Yvonne M (38) who was his former patient.
On the fateful day, the accused is alleged to have put cocaine on his genitals without the knowledge of Yvonne. During their sexual rendevous, Yvonne and the accused had consensual oral s_x before she collapsed at his home in Halberstadt, Germany after she overdosed on the cocaine he had put on his genitals.
She later died in hospital and cocaine overdose was reported as the cause of death.
Following his conviction, Yvonne’s family pursued him in a civil lawsuit for wrongful death, Metro reports.
After years of deliberating over the case, the Magdeburg court in the state of Saxony-Anhalt finally convicted him and ordered him to pay Yvonne’s family financial compensation.
Niederbichler was ordered to pay the funeral costs in the amount of £7,337, as well as survivor benefits to the deceased’s husband and the son in the amount of £8,581 each.’
Apparently, after investigations, it was also discovered that this was not the first time the doctor had used cocaine in this way. He is alleged to have drugged and sexually assaulted three other women between September 2015 and February 2018.
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