Judgment Confirmed: Wolfgang W. Is a Free Man

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Wolfgang W. (67) caught two burglars in his house in Salzburg and shot one of the intruders. Murder or self-defense? In a sensational murder trial the pensioner was acquitted – against which the prosecutor's office appealed. But now the next instance confirmed the verdict ...

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SALZBURG. The acquittal of the accusation of murder for a 66-year-old Salzburger who shot and killed a burglar with a pistol in the back of his head in July 2025 is now legally valid.

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The acquittal for the Salzburger, who in July 2025 fatally injured a burglar in Gnigl with a shot in the back of his head, is finally final. The Supreme Court rejected the nullity complaint of the prosecutor's office. According to the Supreme Court, the jury's right to self-defense was correct.