Just one day after two thwarted human traffickers in Wels were each sent to prison for four years – the sentence was not final – the next criminal to blunder was given a long prison sentence. This time in Linz. And because the Mühlviertler has so much to do, he can stay longer. But he still has a chance.
“Everything will be fine” – as 26-year-old Rohrbacher waited for the verdict at the Linz Regional Court, his mother hugged him in tears. “You look good,” she said; her father had provided the outfit. The lawyer’s request was to give the Mühlviertler a “very last chance” – not a second chance, but actually an eighth.
The botched attack on a Chinese restaurant in his hometown – he was masked with a torn black T-shirt and the soft weapon he displayed did not intimidate the landlady – was the unemployed drug addict’s latest misstep to date. There were seven previous convictions for sexual abuse, drug use and theft and two suspended sentences totaling fifteen months were still outstanding.
Drugs destroyed young lives
“Why can’t I open it?” the judge asked. The defendant’s response: “Prison isn’t much fun.” The probation officer tried even harder and talked about a permanent therapy place to escape the drugs. So far, attempts to get off crystal meth had not helped; the jobs of the bricklayer, who left vocational training after a year, were largely short-lived due to drug use.
Even during the attack on the restaurant, which was within walking distance of the apartment, the loot was allegedly intended for narcotics. “The rent would have been paid, but I would have had no money for drugs,” the defendant said.
Convict asks for therapy instead of jail time
The sentence was handed down quickly: two years in prison for the robbery, plus an earlier sentence of six months, which had been suspended for drug offenses and damage to property. That is two years and seven months in prison. The defendant asked to undergo therapy instead of punishment – the request is under investigation. The judge appoints an expert to see whether it makes sense at all.
If so, the convict is transferred to inpatient therapy for six months and must then continue on an outpatient basis. If he violates the guidelines, he will go back to prison. When the Mühlviertler is led back to the cell, there is another hug for his mother.
Source: Krone
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