Petrol station robbery

Crime clothes were in the box: but 20-year-old denies it

The cashier concerned is in shock

(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz, Krone KREATIV)

Intensive investigations, her striking height and a tip-off from the public led to a suspect being identified just one day after the bloody robbery at the Eni petrol station in Liezen (Styria). The 20-year-old is also believed to be responsible for a robbery at the same petrol station in September 2023. But the young Styrian woman denies it - even though she had pocketed some of the loot.

It was a robbery that shocked even experienced investigators. Last Sunday, March 17, a woman robbed a petrol station in Liezen in the early hours of the morning and stabbed the cashier with a knife. And she did this even though the 35-year-old had already handed over the loot to the robber.

The victim was incredibly lucky. Despite multiple stabs to the upper body and head, the external injuries were only minor, but the shock of what she had experienced was very deep-seated.

Striking description of the perpetrator
The description of the perpetrator was striking. 1.60 meters tall, so of small stature, balaclava with eye slits, black hooded sweater, black trousers and striking black sneakers with white soles. The young woman who robbed the same petrol station in September last year was dressed exactly the same.

Fake accent
In the first case, the robber spoke with a foreign accent, in the second robbery with a Styrian dialect. "The accent was only a fake", explains an investigator. Following information from the public and intensive investigations, robbery investigators from the Styrian Criminal Police Office and detectives from the criminal investigation department in Liezen were able to track down a 20-year-old suspect relatively quickly.

The crime scene in Liezen.

(Bild: Christian Jauschowetz)

Crime clothes hidden at parents' house
On Monday afternoon, the young Styrian woman was arrested on the street near her home address. She had hidden most of the loot in a side compartment of her handbag. Investigators also found the clothing in a box in her room at her parents' home. Several kitchen knives were seized. "They are all now being examined for evidence," explains an investigator.

The 20-year-old unemployed woman denies the robberies. "That's my money," she explained defiantly when asked where the rolled-up money in her handbag came from. Apart from that, she has not given any further details. The public prosecutor's office ordered her to be taken to Leoben prison.