Former Lobbyist Hochegger is Fit for Detention

Hochegger can no longer appeal this decision. Initially, he had received a postponement of imprisonment due to a hip ailment.

Hochegger Cited Medical Reasons

While former Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser already began his prison sentence in the summer, the ex-lobbyists Walter Meischberger and Hochegger cited medical reasons that were supposed to argue against imprisonment. A decision on Meischberger's submission is apparently still pending.

Grasser was sentenced to four years in prison in the Buwog trial and the Terminal Tower Linz case for breach of trust and acceptance of gifts by officials, Meischberger to 3.5 years. The former lobbyist Hochegger was sentenced to 3 years - with 2 years suspended.

(APA/Red)

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