Cheerful district court with a serious background in Vienna: After a marriage dispute, an official sued the woman who insulted him for 12,000 euros – now a complaint has been filed against him as well.
Uniformed people have to listen a lot during blue light operations all over Austria – often well below the belt. A Polish couple’s feud in Vienna is now sparking curious investigations on several levels, including the ensuing vortex in the ranks of the executive.
Man didn’t know what to do anymore
What happened? Two inspectors were called for help in the case of “improper behavior of the defendants” (according to the German official) by a man in an apartment who, according to his statements, no longer knew what to do because his wife “behaved in such a way verbally”.
Police officer could understand the curses
According to the advertisement, the two officers felt this too. Two extremely rude Polish swear words are said to have fallen – the result: one of the police officers, who apparently understood the swearing, now complained privately to the woman. The court has to deal with a proud total value of 12,000 euros for “honor violation”!
Business model with suspicion of a private lawsuit
Not the end of the excitement: in return, the official was reported to the Federal Anti-Corruption Office (BAK) for possible abuse of office and fraud by a lawyer. It is suspected that the inspector is not conducting such a private lawsuit for the first time and is thus using a kind of business model.
In principle, insulting a civil servant does not exist as a standard of punishment in Austria. However, there is the offense of insult to honor – up to three months in prison or a fine of 180 daily rates – with ridicule in public. However, it is extremely unusual for a civil servant to file a private complaint without the knowledge of his employer…
Source: Krone
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