A 65-year-old Graz man who robbed a bank to pay for therapy for a friend’s multiple sclerosis has been jailed.
The man, who lives in a nursing home, told Graz Criminal Court Thursday he had robbed the bank in the city at gun-point last month and taken 15,000 Euros which he planned to use for medical treatment for a female friend.
Photo: © Polizei Steiermark
But judge Erik Nauta ignored a tearful defence from his lawyers and jailed him for four years. [rc]
Source: Austrian Times
December 12, 2009
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GRAZ, Austria / The Austrian Times / December 12, 2009
By Lisa Chapman
A 65-year-old Graz man who robbed a bank to pay for therapy for a friend’s multiple sclerosis has been jailed.
The man, who lives in a nursing home, told Graz Criminal Court Thursday he had robbed the bank in the city at gun-point last month and taken 15,000 Euros which he planned to use for medical treatment for a female friend.
Photo: © Polizei Steiermark
But judge Erik Nauta ignored a tearful defence from his lawyers and jailed him for four years. [rc]
Source: Austrian Times
A 65-year-old Graz man who robbed a bank to pay for therapy for a friend’s multiple sclerosis has been jailed.
The man, who lives in a nursing home, told Graz Criminal Court Thursday he had robbed the bank in the city at gun-point last month and taken 15,000 Euros which he planned to use for medical treatment for a female friend.
Photo: © Polizei Steiermark
But judge Erik Nauta ignored a tearful defence from his lawyers and jailed him for four years. [rc]
Source: Austrian Times
