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The two women, known only as Katharina and Lucille, from Bad Zwischenahn, claimed they were dismissed by the prosecution on a peak time German TV show after they had suffered the horrific attack.

The 20 and 21 year olds, from the Lower-Saxony region in the north-west of the country, appeared on the German show ‘The Hot Chair’ to describe their ordeal.

Katharina said: "At a festival I was bothered by a refugee.