https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Three teenage asylum seekers have received jail sentences in a high profile rape trial in Vienna. Two 18-year-olds were sentenced to six years in prison and a 16-year-old to five years. https://www.thelocal.at/20170131/teenagers-sentenced-for-gang-rape-attack-in-vienna Tue, 31 Jan 2017 13:38:36 +0100 teenagers-sentenced-for-gang-rape-attack-in-vienna Austrian police are investigating an unprecedented number of sexual assaults carried out by a group of men on New Year's Eve in the western city of Innsbruck, an official said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20170104/innsbruck-targeted-for-new-year-sex-attacks Wed, 04 Jan 2017 16:28:45 +0100 innsbruck-targeted-for-new-year-sex-attacks Police have arrested a dangerous sex offender who’s suspected of raping at least two women. https://www.thelocal.at/20161221/vienna-sex-offender-suspect-arrested-in-czech-republic Wed, 21 Dec 2016 13:33:35 +0100 vienna-sex-offender-suspect-arrested-in-czech-republic Austrian police will distribute 6,000 pocket alarms on New Year's Eve to help prevent incidents like the mass sex assaults in neighbouring Germany a year ago, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20161220/rape-whistles-to-be-issued-for-new-year Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:36:03 +0100 rape-whistles-to-be-issued-for-new-year An Iraqi refugee has received a higher prison sentence of seven years for raping a boy at a swimming pool in Vienna - after an earlier sentence was overturned when his appeal team won the right to a retrial. https://www.thelocal.at/20161214/swimming-pool-rapist-sentenced-to-seven-years Wed, 14 Dec 2016 09:46:55 +0100 swimming-pool-rapist-sentenced-to-seven-years A man who raped a woman who was walking her dog in a park in Vienna has been arrested in Greece under an international warrant after police traced him using a DNA sample. https://www.thelocal.at/20161115/vienna-park-rapist-arrested-in-greece Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:27:59 +0100 vienna-park-rapist-arrested-in-greece Five teenagers aged between 15 and 16 have been sentenced by a court in Graz for the rape and sexual abuse of a fellow school student, who was 15 at the time. https://www.thelocal.at/20161111/five-teenagers-convicted-for-rape-and-abuse-of-schoolgirl Fri, 11 Nov 2016 13:00:18 +0100 five-teenagers-convicted-for-rape-and-abuse-of-schoolgirl Russia’s president Vladimir Putin has criticised Austria for acquitting an Iraqi refugee who raped a schoolboy - failing to realise that the man has not been acquitted, but had his sentence overturned due to procedural errors. https://www.thelocal.at/20161102/putin-criticises-austrian-justice-system-over-rape-case Wed, 02 Nov 2016 11:31:13 +0100 putin-criticises-austrian-justice-system-over-rape-case US rapper Freddie Gibbs has been acquitted of sexually abusing a girl half his age in his hotel room after a concert in Vienna last year. https://www.thelocal.at/20160930/us-rapper-gibbs-tried-in-austria-for-alleged-sexual-abuse Fri, 30 Sep 2016 12:40:25 +0200 us-rapper-gibbs-tried-in-austria-for-alleged-sexual-abuse US rapper Freddie Gibbs, who is charged with the sexual abuse of a female fan in Austria, was released on bail from a Vienna prison on Thursday, court officials said. https://www.thelocal.at/20160818/accused-us-rapist-granted-bail-gibbs-rapper Thu, 18 Aug 2016 21:36:26 +0200 accused-us-rapist-granted-bail-gibbs-rapper The US rapper Freddie Gibbs has been formally charged with sexual abuse by Austrian prosecutors for an incident that took place last year in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20160818/us-rapper-charged-with-sexual-abuse-in-austria-freddie-gibbs Thu, 18 Aug 2016 11:13:51 +0200 us-rapper-charged-with-sexual-abuse-in-austria-freddie-gibbs Austrian police arrested nine Iraqis for a New Year's Day rape in Vienna. https://www.thelocal.at/20160815/nine-held-in-alleged-rape-of-german-tourist Mon, 15 Aug 2016 18:54:51 +0200 nine-held-in-alleged-rape-of-german-tourist US rapper Freddie Gibbs has been extradited from France to Austria, where he stands accused of rape, his French lawyer said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20160810/accused-rapper-rapist-extradited-to-austria-for-trial Wed, 10 Aug 2016 23:05:28 +0200 accused-rapper-rapist-extradited-to-austria-for-trial Nearly 80 percent of people found guilty of sex offences in Austria last year were Austrian, figures from the government’s annual security report have shown. https://www.thelocal.at/20160714/80-percent-of-sex-offences-carried-out-by-austrians Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:59:55 +0200 80-percent-of-sex-offences-carried-out-by-austrians A 13-year-old girl who said she was sexually assaulted by a foreigner at a swimming pool in Mistelbach, Lower Austria, appears to have made the whole thing up. https://www.thelocal.at/20160704/teenager-invented-swimming-pool-sex-attack Mon, 04 Jul 2016 11:33:18 +0200 teenager-invented-swimming-pool-sex-attack Michael Malka, the lawyer for US rapper Freddie Gibbs, announced that his client will be appealing his extradition to Austria on charges of rape. https://www.thelocal.at/20160627/us-rapper-appeals-extradition-from-france Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:00:18 +0200 us-rapper-appeals-extradition-from-france An Austrian swimming pool has temporarily banned all refugees after a 13-year-old girl was allegedly followed into a women’s changing room and sexually molested. https://www.thelocal.at/20160624/pool-bans-all-refugees-after-attack-in-austria Fri, 24 Jun 2016 14:19:21 +0200 pool-bans-all-refugees-after-attack-in-austria A French court on Thursday ordered the extradition of US rapper Freddie Gibbs to Austria, where he is accused of rape, his lawyer Michael Malka said. https://www.thelocal.at/20160623/france-orders-extradition-of-us-rapper-gibbs-to-austria Thu, 23 Jun 2016 13:33:04 +0200 france-orders-extradition-of-us-rapper-gibbs-to-austria The US rapper wanted in Austria on rape charges has been released on bail by French authorities following his arrest earlier in June. https://www.thelocal.at/20160617/us-rapper-facing-rape-charges-in-austria-out-on-bail Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:03:40 +0200 us-rapper-facing-rape-charges-in-austria-out-on-bail A man who raped a ten-year-old boy in a toilet cubicle at a swimming pool in Vienna last December has been sentenced to six years in jail. https://www.thelocal.at/20160615/six-year-sentence-for-vienna-pool-rapist Wed, 15 Jun 2016 12:08:16 +0200 six-year-sentence-for-vienna-pool-rapist