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Six Teens Convicted in Vienna Over Abuse of Teacher, Two Get Up to 3.5 Years

The court called the teacher’s testimony credible, citing repeated coercion that culminated in arson; the former partner was acquitted.

Overview

  • Two principal offenders received prison terms of 3.5 and 3 years, while four others got 4–18 months, partly suspended, and the judgments are not yet final.
  • One of seven defendants was cleared — the former pupil with whom the teacher had a consensual relationship — after the alleged theft was not proven.
  • The court found that members of the group raped and sexually coerced the teacher while she was incapacitated by drugs and used explicit recordings to blackmail her for cash, food, tobacco and transport.
  • Prosecutors said the crimes culminated in a January break‑in during her vacation when valuables were taken and the apartment was set on fire.
  • A psychiatric report detailed severe depression and post‑traumatic stress disorder, while most defendants showed little remorse and admitted only property crimes and arson.