There were disturbing images at the trial of two Romanian brothers (16, 18) in Wels. On the one hand because the younger man stabbed with a butterfly knife in broad daylight at the Vöcklabruck train station, but even more so the reactions of the witnesses left those present shaking their heads.
Because his friend from an Afghan dealer had received too little “weed” – only two grams instead of four – for 40 euros, a scuffle and a stabbing ensued when they met again at the train station in Vöcklabruck. It was no longer possible to determine whether the opponents met by chance or by appointment.
Knocked off the rails
The dispute escalated, two Afghans, the 16-year-old Romanian and his brother (18), who was in Austria for a holiday job, started fighting. Suddenly, the 16-year-old pulled a knife from a pocket and rammed it into the back of one of the Afghans as he passed by. The suspected dealers then threw the 16-year-old off the platform and onto the tracks – the stabbing victim has since gone into hiding and has not appeared at the court hearing. Several surveillance cameras captured the incident. During the trial in Wels, they showed how a dozen witnesses watched the clashes, mostly very apathetic, no one intervened, no one picked up a mobile phone to call the police.
The brothers were only arrested some time after the crime, they had already been in custody for a month and the jury convicted them mainly of assault. Allegations of theft and trespass – the older man goaded the younger – led to acquittals due to lack of evidence.
The robber was sentenced to a year in prison, eleven months of which were suspended, his brother two months suspended. The verdicts are final, the parents who were present in the courtroom were allowed to take their children home. The eldest goes back to Romania to get his high school diploma, the younger hopes that he can start his internship again.
Judge’s advice
“Do not bring a knife in the future,” the judge advised. “Young people are just a bit stupid,” said the 16-year-old, promising improvement.
Source: Krone
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