The Public Prosecution Service (OM) in Salzburg has lodged an appeal against the conviction of a 32-year-old Dutchman last week for attempted murder.
Michael L. from Utrecht was sentenced to 20 years in prison with TBS and compulsory treatment for shooting at close range eight times at a 40-year-old Austrian in Zell am See in July last year. He then hoisted the badly injured victim into the trunk of his car, drove to a forest area and pushed the body down a steep slope. “It was a coincidence and luck that the victim survived,” said the female court president.
The locksmith and tattoo artist wanted to start a new life in the popular holiday resort after eighteen convictions in the Netherlands, five of which were for violent crimes. According to the court, the man in his thirties suffers from an antisocial personality disorder (‘impulsive and aggressive’) and must therefore be treated in an institution for mentally disturbed and dangerous lawbreakers. The recording is indefinite and only ends when L. no longer poses a danger to the outside world, she determined.
The Public Prosecution Service considers that sentence too light because the Dutchman could be released under conditions after at least fifteen years, with a trial period of 10 years. It is seeking life on appeal against him. In Austria, that equates to an average of 22.5 years behind bars.
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