Judgment in Trial on Violence Against Former Partner in Vienna

The man, who has multiple previous convictions, was charged with ongoing violence, rape, sexual coercion, and bodily harm. However, he was largely acquitted. For repeated bodily harm, he received a suspended sentence of three months.

Non-final verdict in trial over violence against former partner in Vienna

The decisive factor was the statements of the affected woman, which were discussed behind closed doors. They only partially convinced the presiding jury. The statements were "contradictory," and the 28-year-old had incriminated her ex-partner significantly less to the police than later during her contradictory examination in the investigation process, noted the presiding judge in the reasoning of the verdict. Overall, her accounts were "somewhat vague," it was said.

The 27-year-old was therefore acquitted of the continued use of violence as well as the accusation of having raped the woman with a 36-year-old friend in his apartment. For extinguishing a burning cigarette on her left forearm, a bite on the forearm, and flicking a burning cigarette butt into her right eye, which resulted in a corneal erosion, he received three months. The sentence was suspended. The verdict and the acquittal for the co-accused 36-year-old are not final. The prosecutor initially made no statement.

(APA/Red)

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