The Prosecutor's Office in Stara Zagora arrested and charged a man with lewd acts, fighting and threats against a person of the same sex, Dariknews.bg reports.
The two men knew each other, the District Prosecutor's Office reports. The detainee invited the victim to his home on New Year's Eve. A few hours later, the victim was tied with pigtails and beaten with a stick. He was also lewdly raped and threatened with murder if he reported what happened to the police.
The supervising prosecutor has filed charges against the owner of the home and ordered his detention for up to 72 hours. The Stara Zagora District Prosecutor's Office is about to submit a request to the court for a preventive measure of "detention in custody" against the accused.
The first charge is that on January 1, 2025, in the town of Galabovo, by hitting him with a baton, he forced a 32-year-old man to do something against his will, using force. The second charge is that he committed acts of sexual gratification with a person of the same sex - with the 32-year-old man, using threats to do so.
The third charge is for threatening to kill the victim and his relatives, the Stara Zagora prosecution added.