Moneychanger’s Killer Gets Life Sentence In Hungary

  • 23 Jul 2012 9:00 AM
Moneychanger’s Killer Gets Life Sentence In Hungary
A Szombathely court on Saturday sentenced József Hajba to life imprisonment after convicting him of robbing and killing an Arab moneychanger on Baross utca in Budapest on November 9, 2009. Two associates with whom Hajba mostly robbed casinos and gambling halls in Budapest and money-changing kiosks along the Austrian border, received sentences of 13 years, and a third 11 years in penitentiary. The verdict is open to appeal.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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