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 offense after the events that heightened tensions over Germany's migrant influx.
More than 1,000 criminal complaints were filed over the crimes in Cologne, blamed largely on foreigners, with several hundred alleging sexual offenses. Several suspects already have been convicted of theft.
The 26-year-old, whose name hasn't been released, goes on trial today 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 train station, and of stealing her cellphone.
