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Prison thief robs Austrian entrepreneur

One of Austria’s most high-profile prisoners - Austrian entrepreneur and former football club president Hannes Kartnig - has become a victim of theft in Graz’s Jakomini prison.

Published: 8 May 2015 11:43 CEST
Prison thief robs Austrian entrepreneur
Graz-Jakomini prison. Photo: H.Moschitz/S.Partl

Kartnig, who is serving time for tax evasion and embezzlement, is currently on day release. He found that his locker had been broken into overnight and a wallet containing €1,500 was stolen.

Kartnig was sentenced to five years in prison in February 2012, and he became eligible for house arrest in 2014. However, this was withdrawn after he was spotted at the opera and dining in a luxury hotel, out of the allowed range of his ankle monitor. Since March he has been on day release and returns to Graz-Jakomini prison to sleep every evening.

He has applied for parole but has been rejected twice. In November last year he was sentenced to an additional four years and one month in prison for fraud – but the judgement is not yet final.

 

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Intern at German prison faces hefty bill after sending photo of master key to friends

A man on a work placement at a prison in the state of Brandenburg was immediately dismissed from his internship after sending friends a photo of the prison's master key via the messenger service WhatsApp.

Published: 5 March 2021 10:29 CET
Intern at German prison faces hefty bill after sending photo of master key to friends
A prison key. Photo: DPA

The man now faces paying a bill of up to €50,000 after Brandenburg’s justice ministry had to pay for the immediate replacement of 600 locks in the prison, Bild newspaper reports.

A photograph of a key could provide enough information for a skilled locksmith to be able to replicate it, leading the prison to fear that keys could be smuggled through to the inmates.

The justice department received a tip off that the intern had shared a picture of the master key for the JVA Heidering prison at the end of February. “A large number of cells and corridor doors had to have their locks changed,” a spokesman told Bild.

Some twenty prison guards worked into the early hours of the following morning to ensure that all the locks were changed.

The prison is situated just outside the city boundaries of Berlin on the southwestern edge of the capital.

“The internship ended with immediate effect and the intern was issued with a ban on entering the building,” the spokesperson said.

SEE ALSO: Seventh prisoner escapes from Berlin jail within a week

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