Shock judgment: Völkermarkter sentenced to six and a half years in prison!

Shock judgment: Völkermarkter sentenced to six and a half years in prison!

A shocking case of violence and sexual abuse caused a sensation at the Klagenfurt regional court. A 54-year-old man from Völkermarkt was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday after he was said to have raped his wife, the mother of her child together, and forced her to prostitution. The indictment also included dangerous threats, bodily harm and offenses against the weapons law. According to the prosecutor Sarah Ofner, the defendant held a "high degree of violence and compulsion", while he himself rejected the allegations as invented and claimed that his wife was addicted to drugs and wanted to burden him with false statements. This dramatic revelation came to light when the woman was looking for help in a cell phone shop in Völkermarkt and entrusted himself to a Hungarian -speaking shopkeeper, while the accused was present and did not understand the language, as kosmo.at reported .

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The negotiations showed that the defendant already has 18 criminal records and became criminal offense again during an ongoing probation period. In addition to his new prison sentence, 30 months must be spent from an older conviction, so that he has to spend a total of six and a half years in prison. Despite the overwhelming evidence and the clear statements of the public prosecutor, the accused shows no remorse for his actions and vehemently denies the allegations. The defense lawyer Enrik Mandl argued that the woman was the "only and main tutor" and that her statements were contradictory several times, but which was rejected by the Schöffensenat under the chairmanship of judge Gernot Kugi, already reported Puls24 .