Three boys beat a defenseless woman half to death. A 17-year-old filmed the horrific scenes on her mobile phone instead of helping to intervene and prevent the crime. She may also face court soon.
Those who followed the trial of three young people at the Leoben Regional Court on Wednesday who reportedly beat a defenseless homeless woman half to death remain stunned and shocked. The three boys were charged with intentionally causing grievous bodily harm. In the course of the trial, however, they exerted themselves so heavily that the president of the jury, Sabine Anzenberger, declared her incompetent. This means: The suspicion of attempted murder has been given, a jury must now take the lay judge’s opinion on the case.
Stepped on the head with one foot from top to bottom
The defendants, who experienced a thoroughly troubled childhood, admitted to having seriously abused the former landlady. “Her head was on the sidewalk. I stepped on it with my foot from top to bottom about three times,” one of the young men confessed. All three accepted the woman’s death, taking turns kicking and beating her They knew, “Yes, she could have been dead.” But they didn’t do anything, even when she was already unconscious on the floor. For about ten to 15 minutes. “Then she moved again.”
Investigations against 17-year-old ‘filmmaker’
The scenes were also filmed. But not by the defendants themselves, but by a girl who accompanied them on the racket tours and simply did not intervene.
“Why isn’t she in the dock next to her friends?” asked many a court listener. The answer: the public prosecutor’s office in Leoben has assigned the investigation to Graz. In juvenile criminal law, it is not the crime scene that is relevant for the responsible administrative district, but the place of residence of the suspect.
But: “The investigation against the 17-year-old is still ongoing. We are waiting for the final report from the criminal investigation department,” says Hansjörg Bacher, spokesman for the Graz public prosecutor’s office. Namely for the lack of crime, false testimony and nepotism. If charged, she will be tried in Graz.
Source: Krone
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