German reporters may face legal charges in Austria for interviewing incest beast Josef Fritzl, it has emerged.The Austrian justice ministry announced today (Weds) that reporters from the German daily newspaper Bild were suspected of having lied to prison officials to get an interview with the 75-year-old pervert.The ministry said the journalists may have cooperated with […]
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A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to a spell in prison for pestering a telephone counselling service with perverted calls.The Salzburg-based offender was tracked down after the Viennese “24-7 crisis hotline” informed police about his frequent calls.Judges in Salzburg sentenced the defendant to six months in prison yesterday (Weds).Meanwhile, officials in Lower Austria are set […]
A Carinthian farmer shot himself dead instead of starting a 200-day prison term, it has emerged.The Oberlienz resident left his farm on foot yesterday (Tues) shortly before a special Cobra police unit surrounded the estate to pick him up after he failed to turn up at Villach prison.He was due to spend 200 days behind […]
Knox flick director ‘impartial’
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Robert Dornhelm, the Austrian currently creating a TV drama based on the life of convicted killer Amanda Knox, has stressed his film will not give a verdict.American exchange student Knox was jailed for 26 years for the brutal murder of flatmate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, in November 2007. Reportedly the Brit had refused to […]
A shoplifter caught making off with goods from a shopping centre in Parndorf later killed himself while in custody, it has emerged.Eisenstadt prison officials confirmed newspaper reports from today (Weds) that the 38-year-old Slovak was found dead seven hours after he was arrested and put in a holding cell.Prison authorities said the man hanged himself […]
Another prominent businessman has had his appeal to be freed with an electronic ankle tag rejected.Former BAWAG bank CEO Helmut Elsners lawyers hoped to get their client out from preventive detention in Vienna following a new law which came into effect at the beginning of this month. They previously filed 15 official appeals to let […]
Holocaust denier’s jail term upped
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An infamous neo-Nazi has had his prison sentence extended over controversial statements in two books.Gerd Honsik was sentenced to two years in prison by Vienna Criminal Court judge Andreas Böhm yesterday (Fri).The 68-year-old Austrian doubted the existence of gas chambers at Nazi era death camps in his books “Der Juden Drittes Reich” (The Jewss Third […]
Thieves collared after fuel blunder
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Bungling crooks were arrested after tapping the wrong kind of petrol from a parked car.The Slovakian pair aged 26 and 28 stole three satellite navigation systems, four tyres and licence plates from parked cars in northern Burgenland before heading towards the Austrian-Slovakian border on Monday.They drilled a hole into a parked cars sheathing […]
Police said today (Mon) a Russian prisoner slashed his throat in the toilet of a Vienna jail on Saturday.Vienna-Josefstadt prison chief Alfred Steinacher said: “We did not find a farewell note. The prisoner did not have relatives in Vienna. The embassy has already been informed about the incident.”Steinacher said foul play could be ruled out, […]
Infamous Holocaust denier Gerd Honsik is facing another trial after judges slashed his term earlier this year, it emerged today (Fri).Vienna prosecutors said they were considering pressing charges against the Austrian over the content of two of his books which they believe break the countrys strict anti-Nazi laws.Honsik was sentenced to five years in jail […]