The trial of two prostitutes and their lender ended Monday at the Vienna Regional Court with long prison sentences. The women had contacted ten older and single men via dating platforms, arranged dates and robbed them during so-called home visits.
One of the prostitutes – a 43-year-old woman – was jailed for eight years, and a 28-year-old was jailed for nine years. A 53-year-old who pulled the strings in the background got 13 years.
Rulings are already legally binding
“There is no doubt that the acts were committed as stated in the indictment. “The actions were planned well in advance,” the chairman summarized in his verdict. When determining the sentence, the treacherous manner in which the crime was committed, the advanced age of the victims and one or seven previous convictions of the 28-year-old and the 53-year-old respectively made it more difficult for the perpetrator. jury. The rulings are already legally binding. Both the prosecution and defense lawyers accepted the sentences imposed for multiple robberies and criminal associations.
The women, from Hungary, had worked on the dating platform with fake profiles showing many younger, attractive women. One of their victims was the legendary Viennese burglar king Ernst Walter Stummer, who was selected, drugged and robbed by both of them in his apartment on October 4, 2023.
“We didn’t find much,” Stummer joked at the end of May during the first hearing in the Gray House. The now 85-year-old, who had spent about 30 years of his life in prison, had sued the Republic of Austria at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to have his months of insurance against his prison work count towards his pension , had served the women a bottle of champagne.
50 euros stolen from wallet
He didn’t notice one of the two women mixing something in his drink. When he woke up from his twilight sleep, 50 euros had disappeared from his wallet in addition to the women. They also brought a wristwatch.
Crime scene also in Upper Austria and Burgenland
In six cases the two women acted in pairs, and in four cases the 43-year-old woman acted alone. According to the prosecutor, after the victims became incapacitated, the 53-year-old entered the apartment, searched the rooms and took valuables, including a 60-kilo safe. According to the Public Prosecution Service, the loot consisted of cash and jewelry worth a total of 70,000 euros, with two victims being treated particularly poorly with compensation of 33,500 and 23,200 euros respectively. In addition to Vienna, the crime scenes included the Upper Austrian metropolises of Linz and Wels, as well as cities on the Dachstein and Burgenland.
Source: Krone
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