A transgender policewoman has confessed to raping a 15-year-old girl in a McDonald’s toilet in Germany.
Maja S., 55, confessed before the Traunstein Regional Court wearing handcuffs and leg irons amid the ongoing trial.
She will likely face three and a half years in prison, according to Judge Andreas Bartschmid, in exchange for the confession.
After her arrest, Maja S. was initially held in the women’s section of the Bamberg prison in Bavaria.
For the past five months, however, she has been in the men’s section of the Stadelheim prison.
Her lawyer, Peter Dürr, told BILD: ‘This is a serious burden in her daily life. She is whistled at during her exercise period, and physical examinations are always conducted by male officers.’
Around 2,000 files containing child and animal pornography were found in her possession, as well as a Kalashnikov rifle, according to the police.
The alleged criminal activity can be traced back to 2024, when she uploaded ‘pornographic material’ for paedophiles to the internet, including depictions of the abuse of three-year-old children.
Maja S., 55, confessed before the Traunstein Regional Court wearing handcuffs and leg irons amid the ongoing trial
The upload led to police raids at her police station and home, during which her colleagues seized further child and bestiality pornography as well as a Kalashnikov rifle.
Maja S. was suspended from police duties and later fined €19,000 (£16,000).
While investigations were ongoing, she invited the 15-year-old daughter of an acquaintance on a motorcycle tour, according to Bild.
The destination was a McDonald’s toilet.
The prosecutor said: ‘There, the defendant, who is 1.84 meters tall and physically much stronger, took advantage of a moment of surprise, forced her way into the toilet cubicle the victim had entered, closed the door, and locked it.’
The rape from August 2025 came to light after Maja S.’s fiancé, Stefanie Z., discovered a sexual message on her partner’s phone.
Disturbed by what she found, Stefanie Z. confronted the 15-year-old in October 2025.
‘I was distraught and shocked and asked the little girl if everything was alright,’ she said as a witness in court.
‘Then she told me that she had somehow ended up in the toilet with Maja, that she had kissed her and touched her all over.’
Stefanie Z. went to the Federal Police and filed a report on behalf of the child.
The indictment regarding the crime states: ‘The victim was unable to react and stared at the accused in shock.
‘The accused left the cubicle, and the victim, trembling all over and with her heart pounding, locked herself in the toilet.’
Maja S. allegedly assaulted the 15-year-old on another occasion, after a trip to the swimming pool.
The girl woke up the next morning in the bed of the police chief inspector, without any clothes on.
Police officer Torben H. said: ‘She had no recollection of what had happened.’
At the start of the trial, Maja S. confessed to most of the charges behind closed doors to spare the victim from having to testify – including the rape.
She will have to pay the victim €5,000.
The trial is still ongoing.
