A German woman abandoned her drunk husband as they travelled to Slovakia yesterday (Sun).Officials in Seewalchen, Upper Austria, said today the woman had dumped her husband at a motorway rest stop after he tried wrestling the steering wheel from her.Customers at the Seewalchen rest stop restaurant called police after the man told them his wife […]
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A Vienna woman is recovering after suffering serious burns in a dramatic barbecue accident yesterday (Sun).Police said today the woman, 50, triggered an “explosion-like darting flame” when she put inflammable paste on the charcoals during a private BBQ bash in Döbling district.She was flown to AKH clinic via helicopter after suffering second- and third-degree burns […]
A wheelchair-bound writer on a pilgrimage from Belgium to Israel was hit by a drink driver in Upper Austria on Wednesday, it was announced yesterday (Thurs).The Italian-born handicapped woman was driving along the B137 main road near Grieskirchen when a drunk Austrian ploughed into her vehicle.The paraplegic woman and her dog who has been […]
Graz officials have said a jailed Bulgarian brothel owner is accused of organising a prostitution ring from behind bars.Prosecutors said today (Fri) the woman, 51, had over the last year and a half arranged for seven Bulgarian prostitutes aged between 20 and 29 to be sent to Austria.Investigators found the woman had made calls worth […]
Farmers in court for keeping slave
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A Styrian farmer and his son accused of keeping a man as his work slave for years were in court in Leoben yesterday (Mon).Prosecutors charged Peter P., 63, and his 29-year-old son Christian P. with neglect, fraud and forging of documents after officials found that Max L., 56, had to work under gruesome conditions at […]
Video game thieves nabbed
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Two men and a woman who stole 105 video games from Metro stores have been arrested.The two men, aged 47 and 58, and the woman, 42, had used counterfeit or illegally obtained keys to open locked display cases at the stores and take the video games, worth 10,000 Euros, on 24 and 25 March in […]
An Innsbruck woman survived an avalanche yesterday (Thurs) after heavy, wet snow buried her entire body, leaving only a small air hole for her to breathe through.The woman, 57, was ski touring alone in an area near Arlberg mountain, Tyrol, when she triggered an avalanche at 1pm that dragged her 200 metres and left her […]
A deranged Vienna woman claimed she was ordered to stab someone by “a monster” after watching an episode of the supernatural series “Charmed”.The 20-year-old, who suffers from borderline syndrome, according to her lawyer, drove to Vienna International Airport (VIA) earlier this year and attacked a German woman with a kitchen knife. The tourist from Berlin […]
A Lower Austrian ski tourer was rescued with a rope via helicopter after falling 250 metres at a steep snow-covered area in the Dachstein region today (Tues).The injured 42-year-old woman was hospitalised in Schladming, Styria, rescue operation group ÖAMTC said.Local officials said the woman who was on a ski tour with her husband […]
A farmer was seriously injured when he was pinned beneath his tractor yesterday (Thurs), police said.The 71-year-old man was driving through woods near Neusiedl in Lower Austrias Zwettl district when his tractor veered off the track and rolled down a four-metre embankment, rolling over twice.He was thrown from the tractor and ended up pinned underneath […]