A Tunisian has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for threatening to set his wife on fire.Judges at Salzburgs Provincial Court heard today (Thurs) how the 30-year-old had asked his wife what she would do if he burnt the house down before showering her with petrol in front of their son.The Austrian woman, […]
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A 22-year-old Viennese locked away his wife for more than seven months, it has emerged.Mario Hejl, a spokesman for police in the capital, confirmed a report by daily Heute today (Thurs). Hejl explained: “Vienna police deliberately decided not to make the case public since it was considered unsuitable.”The spokesman said the suspect had been arrested […]
Greens MP Peter Pilz has claimed one to two million Euros was a “realistic” amount of financial compensation for kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch.The politician caused a stir some weeks ago by publishing top secret police files suggesting that authorities attempted to cover up investigation blunders into the abduction case.The documents show that investigators failed to […]
Suicidal speeder stopped
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A Lower Austrian trying to kill himself by crashing his car was stopped by police after going at breakneck speed for dozens of kilometres up a busy motorway on Tuesday.Authorities announced today (Fri) the 44-year-old man was tracked down driving his Audi sports car at dense traffic on the A9 Pyhrn motorway after several horrified […]
Compulsive gambler makes up mugging
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A Croat worker who lost more than 1,000 Euros gambling faces charges for wasting police time for claiming he was robbed.The 24-year-old told police officers in Stockerau, Lower Austria, on Wednesday night two men beat him up and threatened him with knives after work.The warehouseman said the duo took 1,176 Euros he planned to spend […]
Brit pensioner cycles on motorway
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Salzburg traffic police kept an elderly Briton from cycling through a motorway tunnel yesterday (Thurs).Russel M., 74, was about to enter the A10 Tauern motorways Reit tunnel near Hüttau in the province of Salzburg when police officers arrived to stop him.Several drivers called traffic authorities to inform them about a man cycling along the busy […]
Bulgarian police have arrested four people suspected of planning to abduct an Austrian entrepreneur.Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov of the Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria (GERB) party announced today (Fri) the gang neutralised by a special police force in federal capital Sofia consisted of three men and one woman.The minister added that […]
Vienna police have announced plans to cooperate with the citys hotels more closely in a bid to tackle crime.Police official Walter Hladik said today (Fri) they would get in touch with all four and five star resorts in eight of capitals 23 districts to create tighter connections in an attempt to cut down the number […]
Leaked Natascha Kampusch police interview protocols seem to confirm that authorities attempted to cover up police blunders.Greens MP Peter Pilz, who published police documents regarding the abduction of Kampusch, said the top secret information was evidence of a scandal involving police and high-ranking politicians.The documents seem to confirm previous speculations that investigators failed to follow […]
Street sex couple arrested
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A kinky couple having sex on the street were arrested after attacking policemen.Linz officials said the 18-year-olds were spotted romping in the middle of the road outside their flat around 4.30am this morning (Thurs).A neighbour called police after fearing a crime was being carried out as he heard the horny pairs groans and screams.Police said […]