Prison Sentence for Aggressive Vienna Dog Owner

The woman, who appeared as a state refuser during the trial, initially disagreed with the verdict for attempted resistance to state authority and attempted bodily harm. However, after a lengthy consultation with her defense attorney Anita Schattner, she changed her mind. Schattner reported that the woman eventually accepted the verdict, possibly influenced by the two-month pre-trial detention.

Aggressive Vienna Dog Owner with Multiple Previous Convictions

She did not recognize the Austrian state and was "a protected person," the defendant had stated at the beginning of the trial at the end of September. No court could decide over her, "only the Creator." The subject of the proceedings was a police operation in or outside the woman's apartment. When her aggressive animal was to be taken from her based on the Animal Keeping Act, she seemed to have lost control. She allegedly "kicked out" at a police officer, grabbed him by the neck, and tried to bite his upper arm. She is also said to have tried to bite a second officer and resisted violently when he tried to pin her against the wall.

The pensioner argued, among other things, that she had no real teeth and therefore could not bite. She also claimed that she did not kick towards the officers but only raised her knee because a bunch of keys in her pocket had irritated her. "It was resistance at the lowest level," her defense attorney stated.

In sentencing, it was aggravating that the 67-year-old had three previous convictions, two of which were related to aggressive dogs. She was first convicted because her then-dog - each time without a leash and muzzle - had attacked passersby on two different days and bitten four women. For this, she received a fine for negligent bodily harm. The "dog enthusiast" received another fine after her next dog - the first had since died - attacked two women. One victim fell and suffered a hip fracture.

Dog Ownership Ban for Aggressive Vienna Dog Owner

Since this incident, the pensioner had been subject to a dog ownership ban, which she ignored. She acquired a Samoyed. The keeping of the Nordic dog breed - originally used as working and sled dogs - is associated with high demands.

Most recently, the woman was conditionally sentenced to twelve months in January 2022 for attempted extortion and coercion after she sent threatening letters to a tax officer and a police officer. In them, the state refuser demanded 500 and 2,000 fine ounces of silver from the recipients for alleged misconduct. This sentence was not revoked for the 67-year-old.

(APA/Red)

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