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Brutal home invasion: 39-year-old convicted
A trial for a home invasion in 2017 in the district of Gänserndorf in Lower Austria ended on Monday in Korneuburg with a guilty verdict for a 39-year-old man. The defendant and an accomplice allegedly beat and tied up a couple in their home. The verdict is not final.
During the night-time home invasion on November 22, 2017, two masked and armed perpetrators forced their way into the home of a then 70-year-old man and dragged him from the sofa to the floor. They punched him several times in the face with their fists until he was unconscious and then tied him up.
Wife also beaten and tied up
When the 45-year-old wife woke up due to noises and went to the ground floor, she was also beaten, pushed to the floor and tied up.
According to the court, the perpetrators stole 350 euros. They fled after one of them poured cleaning agent over the man lying motionless on the floor. The 70-year-old was taken to hospital with serious injuries, his wife escaped with minor injuries.
Already charged with second offense
In the course of investigations by the Lower Austrian State Criminal Police Office, a Bulgarian man was identified and arrested in 2023 and extradited to Austria this February. The man was also charged with attempted burglary together with an accomplice in Vienna-Brigittenau in August 2018.
Two underage children in the apartment had noticed that someone was trying to break in and closed the security chain, preventing the two criminals from breaking in. The father is said to have rushed home and surprised the suspects, who then used pepper spray and fled.
The defendant was found guilty of aggravated robbery and attempted burglary with the use of a weapon. As a result of the crime in 2018, the Bulgarian defendant received an additional nine years to a sentence imposed abroad at the jury trial, according to the court. The man accepted the verdict, the public prosecutor's office filed an appeal. The verdict is therefore not final.
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