An Algerian man is due to go on trial for allegedly being part of a group that groped a woman on Cologne on New Year's Eve.
He's the first person to appear in court for a sexual offence after the events that heightened tensions over Germany's migrant influx.
More than 1000 criminal complaints were filed over the crimes in Cologne, blamed largely on foreigners, with several hundred alleging sexual offences.
Several suspects already have been convicted of theft.
The 26-year-old, whose name hasn't been released, goes on trial on Friday at Cologne's regional court. He is charged with attempted sexual assault and theft.
He is accused of being in a group of around 10 men who surrounded and groped a woman in the central railway station, and of stealing her mobile phone.
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