Lifelong prison for Slovaks: Murder of 91-year-old Viennese shakes again!

Lifelong prison for Slovaks: Murder of 91-year-old Viennese shakes again!

In the shadow of a disturbing crime in Vienna-Floridsdorf, the verdict was made. A 52-year-old Slovak was sentenced to life in prison on June 5, 2025 at the regional court for murder of a 91-year-old woman. This shocking crime occurred on the night of September 4, 2024, when the accused broke into a garden shed to attack the alone pensioner and kill her terribly and to exercise sexualized violence.

With a pipe tongs, the perpetrator opened the door lock of the garden house and penetrated. In the bedroom he attacked the sleeping woman, hit her with pliers and then suffocated her with a cushion. According to the forensic medical report, the woman was brutally tortured for several minutes during her death. After the crime, the man robbed money and jewelry before returning to Slovakia.

a man with a dark past

The accused is no stranger to the world of violent crime. Already at the age of 20 he had killed a man in his home country and served in prison for twelve years. After his release, he continued his criminal career in Austria and was sentenced to a further 13 years in prison in 2008 for robberies in older women. Even during this time, he noticed through violent behavior, which further extended his detention. At the beginning of 2024 he was released in Slovakia and returned to Vienna just a few months later, in September of the same year.

judicial considerations showed that he consciously waited for a easily overwhelming victim. After he originally had a younger neighbor in his sights, he decided to choose the 91-year-old woman because of her resistance. The raid was not random, but carefully planned; The perpetrator stated in his confession that it was a well thought -out act.

a judgment with consequences

The judge, who judged the case, emphasized the special danger of the accused and ordered his accommodation in a forensic-therapeutic center. The verdict is final because the perpetrator accepted the punishment and expressed the desire to sit it out in Austria. A psychiatric report found a dissocial personality disorder, which further underlined his danger.

The case of the 91-year-old Viennese remains a sad example of the abysses of human nature and illuminates the dangers that older people are often exposed to in our society.

More details about the terrible incident and the verdict of the judgment are in the reports of Nau and w24