Publisher in Klagenfurt: Process for cell phone dispute and threats unfolds!

Publisher in Klagenfurt: Process for cell phone dispute and threats unfolds!

A scandalous event shook an electronics store in Klagenfurt when a well -known Austrian publisher was on trial. In August last year, the 70-year-old wanted to pick up his smartphone after being repaired. But when he discovered a hair under the protective film, he asked the 21-year-old apprentice a new, free film. The apprentice instructed him to leave the business after the accused reached over the counter. This led to a heated word battle, as a result of which the publisher filmed the apprentice with his cell phone and intimidated him with drastic threats, such as: "They are in all newspapers tomorrow - you are dead, you are imaginative." According to orf Carinthia the apprentice finally called the police.

The situation escalated when the 70-year-old explained to the police that the apprentice had "brutally depressed him in a brutal way." However, this was refuted by recordings of the surveillance camera, which showed no brutal assault. An expert also found that the allegation was not correct. During a court proceedings, the accused denied that he had ever spoken of a brutal attack, while the apprentice lost his job due to the incident and is still unemployed. The publisher regretted several times and offered to get the apprentice a new job. The defendant's lawyer applied for a diversion, but the public prosecutor opposed it. The procedure was postponed to hear further witnesses. The presumption of innocence applies while the dispute over the incidents continues.

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