A Georgian man with a criminal record was caught red-handed by a 27-year-old when he suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed him. However, the victim will probably not see a single cent in compensation.
Marcelo K. (27) will probably never forget June 9, 2023 for the rest of his life. That day, together with a security colleague, he caught a shoplifter in the PlusCity shopping center near Linz (Upper Austria). K. was holding the criminal down when he suddenly pulled out a knife and rammed it into the 27-year-old’s upper body. He had to be stitched up and the attacker fled.
Another attack missed the target
But the then unknown man would strike again. In April of this year, he tried to stab a security guard again after he was caught red-handed again. This time he missed, but managed to escape again. The police arrested him in May. He is a Georgian (48) with six previous convictions who has been living in Austria for years without a residence permit and has committed several shoplifting incidents here.
In court, he was sentenced to another 20 months in prison for his attack on the 27-year-old and was also ordered to pay 3,000 euros in damages. But K. has not seen a cent of it yet. “Because it cannot be collected,” the mother of the 27-year-old, who lives in the Neunkirchen district, describes it. But that is not all: “My child will even have to pay the legal costs while the perpetrator is in prison at our expense,” the woman says angrily. With the help of the lawyer from Wiener Neustadt, Hans Peter Kandler, they hope to get at least some justice.
“It’s unbearable”
Deputy State Governor Udo Landbauer (FPÖ) also criticized: “It is unbearable that when you work to ensure the safety of others, you are attacked by a migrant with a criminal record and then turn a blind eye when it comes to compensation for pain and suffering.”
Source: Krone
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