Because of a brutal attack on a 43-year-old in Oed-Oehling (Amstetten district), the regional court of St. Pölten sentenced three to prison terms of two and a half to eight years on Monday. Two of the men allegedly posed as parcel deliverers before the Home Invasion. A perpetrator (24) who had also committed a bank robbery in Leonding am Kerbholz, was sentenced to eight years.
The 24-year-old first suspect, who was also charged with a bank robbery in Leonding (Linz-Land district) in December 2022, was sentenced to eight years in prison. The second defendant (31) received five years in prison, the third defendant (22) two and a half years. In all three cases, the confession in question was judged to be mitigating. The combination of multiple crimes and offenses or relevant prior convictions made matters worse for the first two suspects. The president of the court described the debts and lack of money mentioned on Monday as recurring motives in such cases. “But that in no way justifies the actions they took.”
Accomplice was waiting in the car
The trio – a Serbian, a Croatian and an Austrian citizen – is said to have gone to the 43-year-old’s home on the morning of November 3, 2022. “The robbery was planned. They knew that the victim lived alone,” said the public prosecutor. After a package was handed over by the wrong delivery person, the 24-year-old first suspect allegedly threatened the Lower Austrian with a gas pistol and put him in pushed the object. According to the indictment, the victim was tied and gagged there – a scenario that the defendant could not remember when they were questioned. Money and jewelry were demanded with threats. According to the indictment, the two first suspects were in charge here together with another person who is still being sought The third defendant was waiting in the car, but had previously handed in the weapon.
Victim tied up and beaten
The fact that the 43-year-old gave up the loot was not enough for the suspect. The men searched all the boxes in the house and demanded more valuables. They should Lower Austrians tied to a chair and beat the man. After another search, the criminals fled. “With a few hundred euros in cash and jewelry,” said the representative of the public prosecutor.
The victim freed herself after some time and reported the incident to the police. The slightly injured man was treated medically, he also suffered a shock. The 43-year-old could not be heard during the hearing on Monday, an earlier statement by the man was used by the lay judge.
2000 euros loot
The first defendant has been convicted of the December 16, 2022 bank attack in Leonding, also for serious bank robbery and attempted theft and – because of an event in Linz in the previous year – for the alienation of non-cash means of payment. According to the public prosecutor’s office, the bank robbery last December was also “very sneaky and brutal”. With a gas gun, about 2,000 euros were stolen. An employee was pushed to the ground and injured, the now 34-year-old reacted traumatized. The first and second suspects have been acquitted of attempted coercion in connection with the burglary in the Mostviertel.
Source: Krone
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