A special kind of ‘drunk story’ resulted in a criminal trial: on June 10, two Viennese men (19 and 21) agreed for the first time to meet men who wanted to be tied up by them – to steal from them in this defenseless situation. stands. And that same day they caused a collision with a cyclist, whose apartment they shortly afterwards flooded and completely destroyed with a gold rim spray.
Anyone who thought ‘Hangover’ stories only existed in films was proven wrong on Wednesday by the Vienna Regional Court. Because the two young Viennese Franz and Alexander had a fantastic criminal run during the weekend of June 10 and 11. “You will partially admit guilt,” says lawyer Sascha Flatz at the start of the strange trial.
Looking for victims who want to be tied up
It all started when they registered on Romeo, a dating platform for homosexuals: “In the beginning it was just innocent pranks. We wanted to see if people would actually come if you made an appointment with them,” the unemployed carpenter told the judge. But then a plan emerged that they wanted to implement on June 10, 2023.
They specifically looked for men who were interested in slavery – to rob them – according to the Public Prosecution Service – while they were defenseless. “It was agreed that we would tie him up the way he wanted and then take something away from him,” Alexander says. In particular the cannabis he had told the boys about earlier.
The 19-year-old also brought a gas pistol to the meeting in his backpack. Which, according to his testimony in court, he never wanted to use. The two got cold feet in the victim’s apartment and therefore did not carry out the planned crime. Another meeting organized on the same day also failed: the Public Prosecutor’s Office still identified a criminal plot in its criminal complaint.
Head-on collision with a cyclist
Among other things. Because it was still going on that Saturday in early summer. In an underpass near the Praterstern, Franz crashed his bicycle into a cyclist whom he had previously unknown. “I had the feeling that he deliberately drove into me,” the man said as a witness in court. Apparently he pushed Franz a bit after the crash and so he angrily decided to follow him. At first, the two defendants tried to kick in the door of his apartment: “We just knocked and wanted to have a conversation,” they said during the trial. “I was in super shock,” replied the cyclist who called the police.
Apartment flooded and vandalized with gold spray
Franz and Alexander left, but returned the next day. The cyclist had temporarily gone into hiding for fear that the two would return. This time they successfully kicked down the double doors in the old building. And went wild in the victim’s apartment.
They closed the drains and turned on all the taps. As a bonus, they sprayed furniture and instruments with gold rim spray: “It was a stupid, drunken story,” Alexander, an electrician, claimed at the trial. “The next day we woke up and realized what a nonsense we had done.”
Suspended prison sentences for the young men
Ultimately, the two perpetrators got off with seven and five months respectively for punitive damages and punitive damages plus bodily harm. In addition, they must each pay 5,000 euros in compensation to the cyclist. Hopefully it was her last hangover.
Source: Krone
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