Vienna swimming pool rape

The crime was one of several at the time which led to anti-refugee sentiment in Austria, and the overturning of the original conviction was condemned by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

The victim was restrained by the perpetrator, causing bruising to the hips, and ignored the boy's crying, verbal pleads to stop and attempts to reach for the door handle.

[3] The perpetrator initially claimed that a 15-year-old boy had "brought" him the victim and been the one to suggest the rape, but this was proven to be a lie, leading to an additional charge of slander.

[2] The perpetrator said that the sight of the boy "aroused [him] so much [he] could not hold back"[5] and that he had not had sex for four months as his partner had been ill since giving birth.

[3] In October 2016, the Austrian Supreme Court overturned the man's conviction of rape, ordering a retrial, while upholding his second charge of aggravated sexual assault of a minor.

[8] In May 2017, judge Thomas Philipp reduced the sentence to four years in a final decision by the Supreme Court, saying that the rape was a "one-off incident" and "you cannot lose your sense of proportion here".

[3] The New York Times mentioned it and the gang rape of a grandmother in Traiskirchen as incidents that were causing a growth in support for the Freedom Party of Austria candidate Norbert Hofer in the 2016 election.