Now charged

Rocker bride gets Nazi tattoo on boyfriend’s leg

The Bandidos like to display their gang logo in public

(Bild: dpa/Marius Becker (Symbolbild))

She got the tattoo, but now her boyfriend is standing before the judge! A rocker from the Innviertel region is said to have made himself liable to prosecution under the Prohibition Act by getting Nazi symbols on his thigh and photographing them. The leading Bandido member is now facing up to ten years in prison.

Two intersecting hand grenades tattooed on his thigh - there's no arguing about taste, nor about the meaning: the symbol was the sign of an SS special unit. And because the thigh belongs to a "Bandidos" rocker, this assumption is even more obvious. During a raid on the motorcycle gang, Nazi devotional objects and weapons were found.

More on the score than in this indictment
However, the 43-year-old, who is a member of the leadership circle of the "Bandidos" in Upper Austria, is today standing before the jury in Ried im Innkreis "only" because of the tattoo. The public prosecutor's office is accusing him of a crime under the Prohibition Act. However, he has already been convicted and is out of prison.

Guilty or acquittal
The tattoo is said to have been engraved by the man's girlfriend one or two years ago and also photographed with a cell phone. The 43-year-old is also said to have sent photos of other Nazi tattoos to his rocker bride. The accused faces one to ten years in prison if found guilty. It will be interesting to see how many people have actually seen the pictures, as a conviction requires the crime to be "public". The trial is scheduled for Monday, October 21, from 9 am to 4 pm.