A terrifying rape trial took place in Vienna’s regional court on Tuesday. The suspect was the 24-year-old Tunisian who chased a young woman through half of Vienna on March 18 and then raped her on Leipziger Platz near the Jägerstraße metro station. He must spend five years in prison, which is not legally binding.
The 26-year-old victim, an academic, was on his way home from a disco in Meidling that evening. The suspect spoke to the woman at Meidlinger Hauptstrasse station and according to the Public Prosecution Service there was even a kiss. The victim then clearly said that he wanted to be left alone.
The 24-year-old thought she was safe
But the man did not accept this. At the Spittelau metro station, the desperate woman turned to a couple for help. The perpetrator then apparently retreated. He even continued to chase the woman, but boarded a different subway train. The victim thought he was safe.
Suddenly the man appeared in front of her
Shortly outside her apartment, her tormentor appeared before her and knocked her to the ground. She screamed, screamed, cried – he wouldn’t let her go. “She was dizzy, that’s why she fell to the ground,” the suspect claimed in court, defended by lawyer Manfred Arbacher-Stöger. “Before that she kissed me with her tongue, she was calm. When she fell to the ground, I was shocked, I didn’t even think about sex anymore.” After these statements, Arbacher-Stöger asked for a break. After a conversation with the previously unreasonable man, he confessed.
Clear DNA traces
The DNA traces in the victim’s intimate environment speak for themselves. Passersby eventually came to the woman’s aid. 28-year-old escalation manager Timo R. drove the suspected rapist into the hands of the police. The witness statements also leave no doubt about the course of the crime.
“Fits the crime and guilt”
The jury’s verdict: five years in prison. Mrs Rat in her judgment: “The particular ruthlessness and insolence are frightening. You should have realized in the subway that Mrs. Magister was not interested.’ The Tunisian assumes that the Public Prosecution Service will appeal. Arbacher-Stöger is satisfied: “The punishment is appropriate to the crime and the guilt.”
Source: Krone
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