Prison Sentence in Coercion Trial in Wiener Neustadt
The defendant was accused of attempting, together with an accomplice, to force a person to hand over a family business. The victim is the 42-year-old Turk who allegedly shot the defendant's accomplice in a parking lot in Wiener Neustadt on September 24, 2023. According to the court, the verdict is not yet legally binding.
Coercion Trial: Defendant Allegedly Threatened Man
The accused is said to have "urgently demanded" that the victim transfer ownership of a supermarket, otherwise threatening him with his own death and that of his family. At the same time, he allegedly repeatedly referred to the danger posed by backers from the drug milieu and handed him, among other things, ten bullets. The crime period is considered to be September 2023. The accused was sought with a European arrest warrant. He was extradited from Finland to Austria in September 2024. According to the court, the intent to enrich was lacking for the originally charged serious extortion.
Victim of Coercion Also Charged
The alleged victim of the coercion, meanwhile, must face a two-day murder trial at the Wiener Neustadt Regional Court starting February 18. He is also accused of rape, drug trafficking, coercion, and violations of the weapons law. The Turk was arrested several hours after the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old compatriot in Röszke at the Hungarian-Serbian border. Because proceedings were pending in the neighboring country for carrying the alleged murder weapon, the man was only extradited last year.
(APA/Red)
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