Up to five years

Now fixed: Burgstaller trial on March 27

Guido Burgstaller is still on the road to recovery.(Bild: APA/TOBIAS STEINMAURER)

The 23-year-old in Vienna's Landl district who dealt the serious blow to Rapid star Guido Burgstaller outside a trendy pub in the city center in December is not on trial for "intentional grievous bodily harm", but for "grievous bodily harm".

The last week of March is a busy one in the local courts. The third trial in the case of Anna (12) will take place on Monday, this time against her ex-boyfriend. On Tuesday, the highest court is due to rule on the Grasser verdict, and on Wednesday, the hate poster who is allegedly partly responsible for the suicide of senior physician Lisa-Maria Kellermayr will be on trial.

And - as the "Krone" has learned - the trial of the man who allegedly injured Rapid goalgetter Guido Burgstaller in December in the city center at the trendy "Volksgarten" bar will take place the following day, on March 27. Burgstaller, who got into an argument with the attacker, fell unchecked on the back of his head after being hit by the attacker and was seriously injured: The footballer suffered a basilar skull fracture.

Klaus Ainedter represents the defendant(Bild: Ainedter)

Single judge will decide
Lawyer Klaus Ainedter's client can breathe a sigh of relief: initially charged with intentional grievous bodily harm with a penalty of one to ten years in prison, the Vienna public prosecutor's office is now accusing him of grievous bodily harm with a penalty of six months to five years in prison. "My client will make a full confession," says Ainedter. 

The unblemished Lower Austrian, who had turned himself in, had been remanded in custody before Christmas, but the 23-year-old was released before New Year's Eve. A single judge will decide on his sentence.