On Friday, an asylum seeker had to stand trial in Graz. In April, the man sent a text message to a Caritas employee stating that, according to the law, he had to receive 150 euros. If this did not happen by 12 noon, he threatened a “catastrophe”.
When the man then confronted the employee, he repeatedly insisted on the money. He held a lighter in front of a hair spray can towards the Caritas employee. Security and police were able to intervene in time and calm the man down. At the trial, the accused explained that by “catastrophe” he had meant that it would be one for him not to get any money. After all, he was in debt. Even more so to a compatriot.
Via an interpreter, the accused had said: “I am guilty to a certain degree”. When the judge wanted to know how that was meant, the man replied, “10 per cent.” When the accused explained that he was not an aggressive person, the judge countered, “From your demeanour alone, I don’t believe you.” Witnesses from the Caritas residential home also stated that the man had an aggressive behaviour, reports “Heute”. The trial was adjourned.
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