Process in Wiener Neustadt 13 Years After Spectacular Cell Phone Robbery

Over 13 years after a large-scale mobile phone robbery in Wiener Neudorf (district of Mödling), a man was put on trial in Wiener Neustadt on Monday. 5,705 mobile phones were stolen during the heist in April 2012. A 56-year-old is said to have threatened, beaten, and tied up two employees with a deceptively realistic-looking gun. The 56-year-old was arrested in August. According to the court, he received a non-final sentence of three and a half years in prison.

Smartphones worth over 1.6 million euros stolen

The 56-year-old is said to have acted with at least three accomplices during the robbery on the night of April 4, 2012, in a warehouse of a mobile phone provider. Two employees, tied up with duct tape, were left behind and were only able to free themselves and notify the police after hours. Pallets with smartphones worth 1.63 million euros were loaded onto a truck and transported away from a warehouse.

Another perpetrator still at large

Two of the four identified men were arrested in Austria at the beginning of 2013. During a trial in August at the Regional Court of Wiener Neustadt, the two Serbs received multi-year prison sentences, which have already been served. Two other accomplices were put on a wanted list with a European arrest warrant. A 56-year-old was arrested this year on August 6 and extradited to Austria on October 16. He now had to answer to a jury. An identified accomplice is considered to be at large.

(APA/Red)

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