The 62-year-old Upper Austrian Anna G. has been in a lingering dispute with her neighbor for 17 years. It has now gotten to the point where the woman no longer dares to leave the house without pepper spray. The two will meet in early December at the regional court in Ried.
When Anna G. thinks about her neighbor, she has a bad feeling. “He is unpredictable – I never know if he has himself under control or not and he might even attack me again,” emphasizes the 62-year-old from a community in Innviertel. When she leaves the house, she takes pepper spray with her as a precaution: “So that I can defend myself if he tries to attack me again.”
She also takes a stick or tool into the garden, so she can use it as a weapon in case of emergency. “But if I see him walking on the street, I won’t go outside at all.”
The problems have been going on for seventeen years
Her problems with the man had been going on since 2007. The conflict probably arose from complaints from G. about noise pollution and exhaust fumes from an oil-powered generator that the neighbor had been running for hours. “He put his hand around my neck and wanted to strangle me. Luckily I was able to push him away and escape,” the retired landscape architect explains.
“Come on, so I can kill you.”
The neighbor then allegedly threatened to actually destroy her. “But not at home,” he announced. “That scared me,” G. explains. Over the years, the man allegedly threw trash and feces on her property – and also threw stones at her, but missed her. According to G., he allegedly threatened: “Come on, I can kill you.” Two reports of dangerous threats were dismissed because they were of minor importance.
Attacked with a wooden club
On December 5, another incident will be heard in the regional court of Ried. Because the 62-year-old filmed a tractor parked on her neighbor’s property with the engine running for about 45 minutes, the pensioner allegedly approached her with a wooden club and insulted her. “This can also be seen on a video.” The neighbor allegedly pushed her twice and tried to push her over a dike. He also wanted to take her mobile phone.
Attempts at meditation failed
Attempts at mediation failed because the neighbor did not participate. “When an Afghan from Tyrol recently sent a letter to Chancellor Nehammer threatening to kill him, the entire security apparatus immediately sprang into action. But for me it took 17 years before a lawsuit was finally on the agenda. You think to yourself: ‘You should become a politician.’”
Source: Krone
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