The defendant let the first hearing expire at 9 a.m., which was then postponed to 1 p.m. He is accused of comparing the pandemic measures on social media to the Nazi genocide. He has so far denied re-activation.
The then 38-year-old Upper Austrian had already received a one-year prison sentence in March for defamation, false testimony, slander, insult and falsification of evidence – eight months of it conditional – the OÖN reported.
This was followed by the indictment under paragraph 3h prohibition law, the penalty range is between one and ten years. He is said to have compared the exit restrictions and compulsory vaccination with the persecution of the Jews on Telegram and in a YouTube video. On Wednesday at 1 p.m., another attempt should be made for the hearing. But until then he could not be found.
Source: Nachrichten
