Because she dropped her smartphone, a 15-year-old out of nowhere attacked a pensioner at the Vienna-Heiligenstadt train station. As a result of the surprising ‘body check’, the victim suffers numerous fractures, bruises and cuts. In addition, the 84-year-old waives compensation for pain and suffering; the elderly person has only a modest wish.
Mrs. S. waits patiently in front of room 22 in the Wiener Landl for her witness statement. The 84-year-old is accompanied to the trial by her grandson. The young man may be a few years older than the defendant – who is only fifteen years old and has a tragic backstory: abusive father; Despite her youth, she has already suffered from massive drug abuse, which has led to rescue missions several times in the past.
“That may be an explanation, but certainly not a justification for the shocking act,” the prosecutor begins when a telephone rings loudly in the hallway. “What the hell are you doing with your cell phone?” Judge Andreas Hautz asks the teenager why she appears to answer the call with a message while sitting in the dock.
The mobile phone was also the reason for a senseless crime on October 30, 2023. Deria was with a friend (name changed) I just came back from the Czech Republic by train. She had her nails done there and drank ecstasy and cannabis. At the Heiligenstadt train station, the girl – looking at her mobile phone – passed the 84-year-old. The device fell to the ground, causing a huge outburst of aggression.
Video cameras recorded the crime
For no reason she ran after Mrs. S. and gave her a hard kick or push in the back. “A body check from behind,” Mr. Rat summarizes. The surprise attack was captured by several video cameras. And it had serious consequences for the cheerful elderly person, who ended up uncontrollably on the stone floor: broken jaw, broken cheekbone, fracture of the eye socket, several broken ribs, cuts and bruises.
“I looked like a zombie,” the retiree remembers of her time in hospital. She only sees the incident in fragments: “While I was flying down, I heard the girls screaming. They were screaming hysterically and scared of their cell phones.” The victim waived any compensation for pain and suffering. ‘I do not need anything. I’d like to finish this.’ She would only like to replace the dentures that had broken and cut into her mouth during the impact. When Deria apologizes, the woman responds: “Do you know what that means for an 84-year-old? That’s not easy.”
“It was because of the medicines”
During the trial, witnesses reported loud shouting, swearing – which they did not want to repeat in court – and extremely aggressive behavior from the girls. “I’m normally a helpful person. “It was because of the drugs, I took a lot,” says the remorseful teenager, who now wants to look for an internship. The jury’s verdict – ten months probation with imposed instructions – is not legally binding. Deria must pay the 532 euros for the dentures.
Source: Krone
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