In 2021, Austria was shocked by the brutal gang rape and murder of a teenage girl named Leonie at the hands of three Afghan men. Now the country is dealing with a similar case involving the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl by - you guessed it- two Afghans who should have never been allowed to enter the country. This time; fortunately, the girl survived.
The below article from the Austrian daily, Heute, is translated from German by Fousesquawk.
https://www.heute.at/s/neuer-fall-leonie-13-jaehrige-auf-drogen-vergewaltigt-120017784
Horror in court
New Leonie case- 13-year-old raped on drugs
In Vienna state court, a case is being heard that is reminiscent of Leonie. A (surviving) 13-year-old was allegedly brutally attacked.
2-2-2024 at 17:47
The “Leonie case” shocked Austria in 2021 and still does today. As reported, Leonie (15) had spent the evening of June 25, 2021 with her best friend (15) in Tulln (and) texted to a 27-year-old on her friend’s cell phone asking him to drive her to Vienna. Leonie said goodbye to her friend and met the 27-year-old shortly before midnight in Tulln. The auto parts dealer took the girl to Vienna, where she then went with a 20-year-old and a 23-year-old to the apartment of a 19-year-old. In the mini apartment in Vienna, Leonie was reportedly given drugs.
The girl passed out and was subsequently raped several times. Her body was found the next day on a grassy strip in Vienna-Donaustadt where the perpetrators reportedly left it. It was only 18 months after Leonie’s death and after a trial lasting several months, that three Afghans (23, 19. and 20) were found guilty in Vienna Regional Court on December 2, 2022. All three defendants were found guilty of murder and rape: Life imprisonment for the 23-year-old, 20 years for the apartment occupant (19), as well as 20 years for the previously “blameless” ex-boyfriend of the girl (20), all legally in force.
Drugged then raped
Now the Vienna State Court is hearing a new case that is horribly reminiscent of the Leonie case. Fortunately this time, the victim, also 13, survived. But the alleged behavior of the suspects again leaves one speechless. The girl, who repeatedly ran away from home and consumed drugs, was in an intoxicated state on the night of 27 November 2022 when she met two young men (ages 17 and 21) in Vienna. The two suspects reportedly quickly decided to take the 13-year-old to the apartment of the 17-year-old. There the victim was reportedly given more drugs,
TikTok videos allegedly show how the victim slipped into drug intoxication as the two suspects physically approached her. When the 13-year-old was heavily affected by the drugs, the two defendants allegedly attacked and raped the victim unprotected. The victim was found the next day by her sister, who had located the 13-year-old’s smartphone in the apartment of the defendants. When she picked up her sister, she was found in such bad condition she could not put her shoes on by herself. Later the facts came to light.
Defendant reportedly "didn't care" about age
The older defendant missed the Friday court proceeding due to illness and will be given a new trial date. According to insiders, the 23-year-old reportedly confessed ("I'm ashamed to have slept with a child.") The statements of the younger defendant were shocking in that he had no consciousness of guilt. The three-time convict claimed not to have known how old the victim was (although she first said she was 15 before giving her real age). According to the prosecution, although the then 13-year-old, who even today, as a now 15-year-old, looks childlike and in no way, a young adult, the defendant did not care.
After a pause in the proceedings, then came the explosion. The now 19-year-old revealed that he was the father of a small daughter and wanted therapy so that he could have a "normal" life with the child's mother and his child (they live separately from him in a social facility). It is also questionable what role the 41-year-old mother of the 19-year-old played, who was also in the apartment on the night of the crime. According to "Krone" (News), she is also accused because, in her interviews, she claimed not to know her son's friend and alleged co-perpetrator. Since there are no witnesses, the trial has been postponed to March 6.
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