A 14-year-old Lower Austrian girl was found dead in March in the apartment of a 26-year-old Afghan man in Vienna-Simmering. At the time, the authorities communicated to the outside world that, unlike in the Leonie case, the man was not suspected of violating the Narcotics Act or of a sexual offense. What has changed now…
“The 26-year-old is not listed as a suspect. There are no criminal investigations,” a spokeswoman for the State Criminal Police was quoted as saying in several media outlets in March. However, the Vienna prosecutor’s office has now filed a criminal complaint against the man, who reportedly has a criminal record: not for sexual abuse, but for a crime under the Narcotics Act.
There is a risk of up to three years in prison
According to this information, the 26-year-old would have given the 14-year-old girl addictive substances – in addition to his own consumption. The law states regarding the crime he is accused of: “Anyone who, by a crime, enables a minor to consume narcotic substances, has reached the legal age and is more than two years older than the minor, shall be punished with a prison sentence of up to three years.”
The man’s trial at the Vienna Regional Court before a single judge is scheduled for October 24, as court spokeswoman Christina Salzborn confirmed to the “Krone”.
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About the case: The young woman from Lower Austria is said to have met the Afghan, who fled to Austria in 2015, on Instagram a few days before her death. She must have contacted him that evening, he picked her up and drove her to the apartment. She died there that night of an overdose.
The hostel provider had himself informed the emergency services at the time. According to reports, he had stated that there had been consensual sexual intercourse with the minor. In Austria, consensual sexual intercourse with people over the age of 14 is generally permitted.
Source: Krone
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