Child Showed Distress Signal: Pre-Trial Detention for Stepfather in Vienna

There may have been violence in the relationship in the past. The woman had already obtained a restraining order against the man, which he ignored. As a result, the six-year-old child is believed to have learned the emergency signal. The man is accused of serious coercion and deprivation of liberty.

On Sunday, a minor accident saved the 34-year-old woman and her children - in addition to the six-year-old, an infant - from potentially worse. In front of a shopping center on Neubaugürtel in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, the man crashed his car into another vehicle. The 39-year-old could not present a driver's license after the accident, which is why the other party involved called the police. Upon closer inspection, the officers found the frightened woman and the children in the back seat of the car. During the search of the vehicle, the police found three knives, one of them in the stroller.

Help for Victims of Domestic Violence in Vienna

Support services from the AÖF association: The women's helpline against violence 0800/222-555 is available around the clock, multilingual, anonymous, and free of charge to all women, relatives, and interested parties: www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at

The Vienna police are a point of contact for people who perceive violence or are themselves victims of violence. The police emergency number is available at 133 at any time. The crime prevention unit of the Vienna State Criminal Police Office also offers personal consultations via the hotline 0800/216346.

Further Contact Points

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