Armed with a machete, a 25-year-old demanded money from a gas station employee. A visitor to the store did not hesitate for a moment and jerked the young Viennese to the ground. In court in Vienna, the suspect now says that the weapon should only have adorned his wall.
The addiction pressure had become too great – so a 25-year-old tried to rob a gas station. At the end of March, armed with a machete, he marched into the shop of a BP branch in Vienna’s 20th district. He had to put all the money in a plastic bag, he yelled at the employee.
Brave visitor pounced on robbers
But he didn’t think about how the surveillance cameras captured him. He immediately threw objects at the robber and grabbed the meatloaf knife. The young man was already lying on the floor. Because a gas station visitor did not hesitate for a second, sprinted towards the suspect and knocked him over with his full body weight. Still holding the machete, the 25-year-old fled without taking anything with him.
Machete “as a decorative object”
The judge wants to know why he has such a weapon at home at all: “I bought it in a knife shop in the 7th arrondissement. I intended to hang the machete on the wall. As a decorative object.” He also refused to use it during the robbery of the gas station. “I thought I could impress with it,” the young Viennese admits.
He has suffered from a drug problem since childhood – starting with marijuana, which quickly progressed to cocaine and also amphetamines. His friends and family would have turned off the money tap because of this. “I then quickly made the decision to commit the crime,” the 25-year-old whispers. He too has suffered from schizoaffective disorder since he was 18, but is well adjusted with depot medication.
High risk of disease
The judge reminds him that drug use in particular would not be beneficial in such a disorder: “Of course they are at high risk because of their illness.” – suspect would have helped. “He is finally clear in his head for a long time. He now has to learn to take his life into his own hands,” defender Leonhard Kreggjk looks ahead.
Before then, his client does not have to serve a three-year prison sentence by law. Therapy will be determined later.
Source: Krone
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