Murder process in Vienna: The brutal death of the 91-year-old Grete

Murder process in Vienna: The brutal death of the 91-year-old Grete

In a Viennese court, 52-year-old Robert O. is currently being negotiated because of the murder of the 91-year-old Grete. The tragic incident occurred in the night from September 3, 2024 in a allotment settlement. According to krone.at Robert O. first suffocated the old lady with a upholstery before he also killed her with his hands. The agony of the unfortunate woman lasted around ten minutes. A terrible act that was committed by a man who has been in conflict with the law in the past.

Robert O. has a long criminal history that started at the age of 20 when he brutally attacked a man and threw into a fountain where the victim drowned. For another brutal assault on women, including a 95-year-old, he was sentenced to 13 years in prison in Vienna in 2008. He served this punishment in Slovakia before he arrived illegally to Austria in May 2024, only to commit a crime a short time later.

The cruel deed

The research show that Robert O. before the murder of Grete roamed in the allotment garden settlement in search of a victim. At first he had a young woman in his sights, but decided not to attack her. After the murder of Grete, he wiped his blood and even enjoyed lemonade as if nothing had happened. His arrest was finally made due to DNA traces and fingerprints in Slovakia in October 2024.

Now he threatens a lifelong prison sentence and possibly accommodation in a forensic-therapeutic center, since a psychiatrist describes him as "very, very dangerous". According to this assessment, he has profound personal and human deficits that cannot be ignored.

crime in Austria

The cruel deed of Robert O. is part of a major problem: there are increasing crime numbers in Austria. In 2023, over 528,000 crimes were reported, the highest status since 2016, with over a third of these crimes in Vienna, as Statista It is particularly striking that about 43 % of the suspects and convicted foreigners are.

The crime statistics also show that drug and economic crime has increased significantly. There were almost 10,000 cases in the drug offenses in Vienna alone in 2023. In addition, 85 % of Austrians have the feeling that immigrants contribute to tightening the crime problems.

In the early afternoon, a judgment is expected in Robert O.'s case. The public and the media are eagerly pursuing this process, not least because of the special cruelty of the crime and the strongly controversial topics of crime in society. In the meantime, the question remains how such hideous deeds in our city can be prevented in the future.