Petty confession

Bloody revenge for offended honor and debts

The four defendants took their seats in the jury courtroom at Ried Regional Court(Bild: Pressefoto Scharinger/Daniel Scharinger)

In March of last year, scenes took place in the tranquil village of Mehrnbach in the Innviertel region that are normally only seen in films and series. Kidnappers brought their victim to a waiting gang of thugs - an excess of violence ensued. Now there was a meek confession in court in Ried.

Denying it didn't help, so a quartet (24 to 32 years old) confessed at Ried Provincial Court and thus avoided spending a long time in prison for their brutal actions.

Drugs as the trigger
The Turks had taken revenge together in Mehrnbach in March of the previous year because one of them felt that his honor and assets had been damaged. The victims had brought him into the drug scene and he had therefore also accumulated gambling debts. 

Prison sentences handed down
They were therefore forced into a car with a blank gun to their temples and had to drive to a wooded area where the thugs were waiting, beating them with their fists, feet and wooden sticks. One victim suffered a traumatic brain injury. The previously blameless defendants received suspended sentences of between twelve and 24 months - legally binding.