The Public Prosecutor’s Office accuses a Viennese of a number of crimes. Probably the most serious: on the tram he kicked a pram with a baby of only four months old. He hit a three-year-old girl with his fists. And very drunk. But the 42-year-old does not want to turn his back on alcohol…
“A lot has been built up over the past year,” says Judge Roman Palmstingl, referring to three criminal charges against the 42-year-old. Theft, damage to property, resistance to state authority, various bodily injuries – all while completely drunk. “I am an alcoholic,” says the homeless Viennese, probably touching on the heart of the problem.
Incredible attacks on babies and toddlers
The most shocking two acts: on the Vienna tram 46 he kicked a pram with a baby who was only four months old, while shouting xenophobic slogans and cursing women and children. Fortunately, nothing happened to the little girl, except for a huge shock.
On another day, he also hit a three-year-old child in a Bim. Thank God, she was also unharmed. Now, in the Viennese countryside, the defendant is trying to explain the incredible attacks documented by surveillance cameras: “I told you I can’t control myself. I can’t stand children when they scream and are loud.” – “But they can’t hit either,” complains Mr. Rat.
And in the next sentence he suggests alcohol therapy. The rather reluctant answer of the 42-year-old homeless man: “No. “I have nothing left of my life if I can’t drink anymore.” The client of lawyer Philipp Springer gets a suspended sentence of ten months. And the instruction to stay dry…
Source: Krone

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