GETTY The Pakistani migrant is appearing at Berlin Regional Court

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Asif M, 26, appeared in Berlin Regional Court, where he read out a statement trying to explain the attacks. The prosecution accuses him of having raped a young woman and committed five more sexual assaults. Asif M confirms most of the attacks between April 29 and July 25. Prosecutors say he approached lone women in the street and told them it was his birthday. When the women rejected him he pounced, it is alleged.

He pulled his first victim to the ground, kissed her, grabbed her chest. The prosecution said: ”After he briefly let go of her and the witness tried to leave. “The accused asked her to stay and undressed the witness, which she endured for fear of further violence. "Then the accused performed unprotected vaginal sexual intercourse against the will of the witness."

It is hard to get a girlfriend if you are a refugee and have nothing to offer Asif M

Other women Asif M was said to have attacked, defended themselves and screamed, causing him to flee. In Asif M’s statement, he apologised, saying he did not attack anyone on his journey through Europe. It added: ”But in Germany, it somehow came out of me. "It is hard to get a girlfriend if you are a refugee and have nothing to offer. "I wanted to have sex."

GETTY The attacks are all said to have taken place in Berlin

He said he had drunk excessively before the attacks, included when he worked before the bar at a restaurant. He also smoked a marijuana joint before the rape. But he claims when he pulled the woman to the ground and had sex with her she “did not resist”. However, the victim claims he apologised to her and said “are you mad at me?” after the incident.