Austria: Third suspect in Leonie murder case was in prison for sex offence

Not a single day goes by without new revelations in the case of the murdered 13-year-old schoolgirl: Most recently, the police were able to arrest a third Afghan suspect. He was already serving a prison sentence for a sexual offence and should have been deported last year.

The fact that the 23-year-old was still in Austria, however, is due to the fact that he had gone into hiding after his release from prison and therefore the authorities could not find him. His file is also well filled: He had been charged with drug trafficking, assault, aggravated coercion and illegal possession of weapons. In May 2020, as reported by the newspaper Kurier, he was sentenced to two years in prison, among other things for sexual assault and battery. Of this, he had to serve six months without parole. Afterwards, the man went into hiding so that he could not be deported.

According to a witness, he was present during the violence in the social flat of an 18-year-old Afghan in the Donaustadt district of Vienna – whether he was also involved is still being clarified by the investigators.

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