Shock in Vienna: Slovak sentenced to 91-year-olds for life for life

Shock in Vienna: Slovak sentenced to 91-year-olds for life for life

Floridsdorf, Österreich - A shocking case of violence and murder shaked Vienna when a 52-year-old Slovak attacked and killed a 91-year-old woman in her garden shed in Floridsdorf on September 4, 2024. The accused confessed to these horrible acts and was sentenced to life imprisonment on Thursday. This reports Exxpress.at .

The man who has already had a long criminal story broke down in the garden shed of the older lady, according to his own statements around midnight. After an onset of an apartment, he penetrated through a hole in the garden fence, put fire and broke the door with a pipe tongs. In the bedroom there was a violent assault that ended with the death of the 91-year-old.

lifelong judgment and assessment of the defense

At his negotiation at the regional court, the accused said: "I am guilty". His defender, Ina-Christin Stiglitz, also commented on the deeds and explained that it was difficult to find words for the cruel events. The accused accepted the lifelong punishment that was now imposed against him. He had previously served a prison sentence of 12 years for the death of a man in Slovakia and 13 years in Austria for three women, with the oldest victim just 95, reports apa.at .

Before the accused was released from custody in January 2024, he was active in several allotment garden systems and observed women to choose them as possible victims. After the murder, he escaped with a prey of 150 euros and two rings of the killed and returned to Slovakia. Investigators found a lemona dinner with his fingerprints at the scene, which later led to his identification.

safety reporting and crime in Austria

The police crime statistics (PKS) captures the developments of criminal events in Austria and serves as the basis for strategic criminal police measures. These comprehensive statistics, which have been recorded electronically since 2001, offer insights into the long -term developments and support both preventive and repressive combating crime. In addition, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) emphasizes the relevance of security reports that are regularly published by the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) and the Federal Ministry of Justice (BMJ) to provide detailed information about crime developments bundeskriminalamt.at .

In this concern, not only the brutality of violence, but also the challenges that the law enforcement with regard to the risk of relapse from already convicted perpetrators brings.