Mild verdict for cheating banker due to depression

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A banker who embezzled more than six million Euros of clients’ money has been given a relatively mild sentence when judges heard he suffers from bipolar disorder.The ex-clerk – who was sacked in October 2008 – was sentenced to one year in prison at Vienna’s Criminal Court yesterday (Weds). The man has managed to disguise […]

Long jail term for axe murderer

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A 26-year-old man was sentenced to 18 years in prison in a jury trial today (Thurs).The defendant was found guilty by the panel at a court in Klagenfurt of hacking his 29-year-old girlfriend to death with a pickaxe at their house in Lendorf in Carinthia last September.The jury rejected the defence lawyer’s appeal to allow […]

‘Jealous’ man jailed for knifing

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A 43-year-old man has been sentenced to prison for knifing down guests of a pub his girlfriend worked at.Judges at Vienna’s Criminal Court heard today (Fri) how the Hungarian-born resident of Vienna followed two men on New Year’s Eve 2008 when they left the bar in Vienna-Ottakring. The men, aged 47 and 69, explained they […]

German jailed for blackmailing food firms

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A German has been sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison for blackmailing Austrian food companies.Markus Rewinski sent threatening e-mails to confectionery company Manner and delicatessen producer Wojnar’s last year. He also laced products of the Viennese firms and placed them on shelves in shops in Tyrol. Police stressed after arresting Rewinski last […]

Fifteen people found truck with frozen food

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A driver discovered 15 people in the refrigerated container of his lorry this morning (Tues), authorities in Tyrol have said.The man, 46, called the police after hearing knocking sounds coming from the back of the vehicle.Fifteen people were freed from the subzero temperature container at a petrol station car park in Brixlegg and rushed to […]

Farmer faces jail for ignoring cow vaccination order

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A Tyrolean farmer may be jailed for refusing to vaccinate his animals against blue tongue disease.Albin Wegscheider from Oberhofen said today (Weds) that he feared the vaccine may have had negative effects on the health of his cows and goats. He said the information leaflet about the drug warned that side effects on the general […]

Woman jailed for chainsaw rampage in neighbour’s garden

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An Upper Austrian woman has been sentenced to six years in prison for cutting down trees in her neighbour’s garden.The 28-year-old was in court in Ried im Innkreis yesterday (Thurs) for axing several spruces in her next-door neighbour’s back garden with a chainsaw last year. The actions were the final chapter in a bitter feud […]

Another farmer accused of keeping slave

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A Styrian farmer is suspected of having kept a mentally disabled person as a servant – just weeks after another farmer from the same province was sentenced to prison for the same offence.The provincial Agriculture Chamber said today (Mon) that it planned to take the farmer from Oberkurzheim near Judenburg to court over the accusations.The […]

Oldest killer evades prison in Austria

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A woman tagged as Austria’s oldest murderer will not be extradited after she fled to Poland, the country of her birth, it has emerged.Bronislawa Jarosz was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing her neighbour in 2007. The Polish-born woman stole jewellery and four bottles of wine after beating Austrian Maria P., 78, to […]

Taxi robber suspect tracked down 10 years on

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Police have detained a woman suspected of having robbed and injured a taxi driver 10 years ago, it has emerged.Officials in Vienna said today (Weds) that the 39-year-old was arrested in the Lower Austrian district of Krems yesterday evening. She is in custody in Vienna’s Josefstadt prison awaiting a trial regarding the crime in Vienna-Währing […]