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They fully confessed and admitted that they had robbed a bank in Mühlviertel on June 22, 2020. To do this, they obtained a gas pistol and balaclava beforehand. The sentence was imposed “on the basis of the positive special forecasts”, according to the president of the jury. The judgment is not final.
The Mühlviertel defendants accepted their sentence – with a very light sentence of up to 15 years – the prosecutor gave no explanations. He had charged them with serious robbery and the first accused of falsifying evidence.
On the day of the robbery, the two arrived at the bank in the car of the first defendant, one held the gun in front of the employee, the other put the money in a sack. They then went to the house of the first defendant, changed their clothes and continued their escape in the car of the second defendant.
Substances for automobiles and doping
While the road was still lit, an LKA officer called the first defendant. He said that he had been in Budapest for two days, in a hotel. They drove there and he convinced the receptionist to hand over the corresponding bill. They then returned to Upper Austria. The first defendant had hidden the money while fleeing near his girlfriend’s house: “Stay still, I’ll get the package out quickly.” With the help of friends and acquaintances, who believed it was marijuana in the box, he moved to another location. They shared the loot, threw the gun and masks into the Danube, both said.
The defendants felt remorse and regretted their crime. With the money they wanted to pay off their debts and improve their standard of living, “a better car”, so the first defendant. However, according to the judge, they both had suitable cars anyway, which they would have sold to pay off their debts. The second defendant stated that he needed the money for competitive sport – bodybuilding – and the doping associated with it – “the costs have increased enormously.” The bank robbery “was the most useless thing I did,” he protested. I wanted to find another sport. He began training in prison and, as his accomplice, accepted the condition of parole.
Act planned for months
Because they had obtained a weapon a few months earlier, the first defendant responded with: “In a bank robbery, you don’t enter without something, as a deterrent or something like that.” The second defendant, who threatened the employee with this, reassured her with “please, nothing will happen to you, we are only there for the money,” at which the woman was relieved. She still needs psychological support to this day, even if the two defendants paid her the private party claim and she withdrew the request. Both also did the damage to the bank well.
“We are not talking about a trifle here, we have planned the crime for more than six months,” said the prosecutor in her final statement. They would have committed the act “actually for a reason that does not exist. They earn well compared to others, but it is not enough.” Both defense attorneys emphasized that their clients “were not your typical bank robbers who proceeded with brutality and without considering losses.” Both would have made a repentant confession, paid the damage, helped clear the matter. Upon release from jail, they both wait for a place to live with their families and have a job offer.
The presiding judge said in her explanatory memorandum: “We will not make it easy if we would give them this opportunity.” The court saw the content of the debt, the large amount of damages. But both defendants are relatively young and tried to find work again. “We hope that a partial sentence is sufficient.”
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