Trial in Eisenstadt: Graffiti sprayers wreaked havoc on Eisenstadt, the resulting damage to the buildings amounts to 12,000 euros. A 16-year-old appeared clueless in court.
Cultural center, ÖBB building, Powder Tower, Vicedom, castle park, house facades – from July of the previous year to June 2023, a 16-year-old is said to have defaced Eisenstadt’s city center. Whether red or black, the messages were always OWS or 1312. While the code 1312 was special is easy for cops to crack (the numbers stand for the letters A, C, A, B – “All Cops are Bastards”), OWS could mean all sorts of things. Whatever the original authors may be…”I didn’t know”, says the defendant, who claims to have only recently found out: “Original Writers”. “But it could also mean the Otto Wagner Hospital, right?” asked judge Birgit Falb, smiling tiredly. “It was my friend!” The apprentice, who did not admit responsibility for any of the graffiti, only admitted three years ago to have occasionally picked up stickers with the three letters on lampposts. “It was the logo of a school friend,” said the boy, who is said to have created the Instagram page ows-1312, on which photos of the deeds were posted. “No, it was my friend!” You just film cleaning ladies… On the Eisenstadt man’s cell phone – it almost seemed as if he was sitting in the dock as a representative of a gang – a single incriminating image was found: a smeared window at the KUZ. And a video of a cleaning lady wiping away the paint. “I happened to pass by. I was interested in it.” Ms. Rat found the accusation soup too thin, so three witnesses were added. Postponed indefinitely!
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