Prison Sentence for Carinthian Due to Sexual Offenses

Last summer, an incident occurred where a 13-year-old girl ran away from home after being banned from using her phone. In Klagenfurt, the girl, without money or a phone, was approached by a man and taken to his apartment. According to the indictment, assaults took place there. About two days later, the police found the girl in a confused state on the street. Traces of cannabis and lorazepam were found in her blood.

Trial against Carinthian for Sexual Offenses: DNA Led to Second Case

The 56-year-old was quickly identified - and when his DNA was entered into the database, it led to another crime that had occurred a few weeks earlier. A 23-year-old woman, who was heavily under the influence of drugs, had reported that she had likely been abused. However, her memories were so blurred that she could only remember fragments of the night in question. At the beginning of the trial before the jury, chaired by Judge Gernot Kugi, the defendant stated that he would partially confess. There had been sexual contact with the 13-year-old: "But I thought she was 18." "That doesn't count as a confession," Kugi pointed out, as serious sexual abuse of minors was charged.

Defendant in Sexual Offenses Trial: "Just Wanted to Help"

The interrogation of the defendant left the jury members somewhat perplexed. "You say you meet a young girl on the street who seems confused. And then you take her home?" Kugi asked. "Yes, I just wanted to help her," the defendant said. "And it didn't seem strange to you that an 18-year-old is banned from using a phone?" prosecutor Barbara Baum pressed. "No, not at all," the 56-year-old replied. Rather, the situation was initiated by the girl, who also wanted alcohol and cigarettes on her own. In her interrogation, which was played in the courtroom, the girl eventually described several assaults during the almost two days she spent with the defendant. She repeatedly fainted and felt dizzy. The defendant gave her a total of 190 euros for sexual acts. She told him that she was only 13 years old.

Alleged Second Victim Had Almost No Memory

In the second case concerning the 23-year-old, the defendant admitted to having had sexual intercourse with the woman. However, he claimed it was all consensual after he met her on the street at night and took her to his apartment. This contradicted the statements of the victim: She had almost no memory of the night, felt "dirty" the next day, and also had injuries in the genital area. In the hospital, the suspicion of sexual abuse arose. The woman had consumed several drugs and medications - in such an amount that an expert described her as no longer capable of acting. The dose was so high that other people "would probably not be alive" with that amount, the expert said.

Trial for Sexual Offenses: 13-Year-Old Still in Treatment

The 13-year-old has been in ongoing psychotherapy since the incident, has also been in inpatient treatment, and has to take several medications, explained the girl's private representative. "Inventing some Lolita story that the defendant was seduced by a 13-year-old is absolutely not credible," prosecutor Baum said in her closing argument. Rather, he had "specifically looked for women in the city who need help or are in emergency situations. And that is what connects the two victims." Kugi also referred to this in his reasoning for the verdict: "You are someone whom a woman, who is not doing well, would not want to meet in the city." Spending two days with such a young girl at his age is "abnormal" - and whether the girl, as repeatedly claimed by the defendant, signaled certain things, does not matter at all: "Children at that age are not capable of sexual self-determination." The jury had no doubts about his guilt in both cases.

(APA/red)

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