A Turk who escaped from an Austrian jail more than 15 years ago has been arrested after he tried to settle down in Vienna.The man managed to break out of a prison in Hirtenberg, Lower Austria, in 1993 when being ordered to mow the lawn in a low security zone.The 47-year-old was caught in Vienna […]
A convict allowed to spend the final months of his jail term at home wearing an electronic ankle shackle has been sent back to prison after having beaten up his wife.The 27-year-old man was arrested in Hohenems, Vorarlberg, and put behind bars in again in a prison in Feldkirch after his wife, 35, told police […]
Notes by incest monster Josef Fritzl have been destroyed by prison staff, it has been revealed.British newspapers report today (Thurs) that wardens at Stein jail in Krems, Lower Austria, found sickening drafts for an autobiography in the 75-year-olds cell earlier this week.The convicted rapist, serving a life sentence after admitted to rape, incest, murder and […]
An Upper Austrian is fighting for his life after being shot by his girlfriend with a hunting rifle.Gerold A., 27, was shot in the face by Susanne-Marina B. during an argument at the family home in Kirchschlag in Upper Austrias Urfahr-Umgebung district last night (Weds).Paramedics arrived at the house within minutes despite a snowstorm raging […]
An elderly Austrian nicknamed the “King of Burglars” has been identified as the ringleader of a drug-smuggling syndicate.Police in Vienna announced today (Weds) that Erich K., who spent many years in prison on account of hundreds of break-ins, was arrested earlier this week. Nineteen alleged accomplices are facing charges as well, officials added.The 77-year-old criminal […]
A bank robber has been sentenced to more than three years in prison after his ex-girlfriend identified him on CCTV footage because of his bowlegs.The woman said in the witness stand at the Provincial Court in Ried im Innkreis, Upper Austria, yesterday (Thurs) that she was certain the man caught on camera during an armed […]
A convicted rapist nicknamed “The Woodsman” has been arrested after being on the run for one week.Friedrich Osterbauer is accused of having seriously injured a call girl in Graz the weekend before last. Magdalena D., 29, identified Osterbauer as the man who strangled her with a cable before slashing her throat when she was briefly […]
Rosemarie Fritzl has refused to file for divorce from her pervert husband, according to her sister.Christine Ranner told Austrian daily Österreich yesterday (Sun) Josef Fritzl asked her in a recent letter correspondence to find out whether his wife would agree to get divorced.Ranner, 57, said Fritzl who kept his own daughter as a personal […]
Josef Fritzl planned to kill his daughter and their incest children in acid so he could “rest in his old age”, a former cellmate has revealed.Patrick Jakob, who shared a cell in St. Pölten prison with Fritzl before the 75-year-old was transferred to Stein jail in Krems, said today (Fri) that Fritzl had revealed to […]
A lawyer and a journalist have been reported for “unauthorised communication with a prisoner” after the publication of an interview with incest dad Josef Fritzl.A reporter from German newspaper Bild spoke to the 75-year-old at Stein prison in Krems, Lower Austria, last week. The conversation has been quoted by newspapers all over the world after […]