Bulgarian Murderer Brands Austrian Judge 'Nazi Swine'

Convicted Bulgarian murderer Tsvetan Rangelov calls an Austrian judge a 'Nazi swine' as his life-sentence appeal is turned down. Photo by krone.at

Bulgarian Tsvetan Rangelov, jailed for life for the murder of two Austrians, branded a judge a "Nazi swine" as he lost an appeal against his sentence on Monday.?

Vienna Appelate Court rejected killer Tsvetan Rangelov’s appeal of his life sentence for the murder of two Austrians last year, Austria Independent reports.

Ingrid Jelinek, the chairwoman of the court's three judge senate, stated: "The sentence can only be life in prison."

By that time, however, Rangelov was no longer present. When Jelinek had announced that his appeal had been rejected, he stormed out of the courtroom yelling "Nazi swine".?

Jelinek added that Rangelov had murdered the two Austrians "in cold blood" from "pure avarice".??A court in Korneuburg, Lower Austria, had sentenced Rangelov, 48, to life in prison for the murders on Easter Monday 2009 of Christoph Timm, 50, and his wife Monika, 49, who ran a popular "Heuriger" wine tavern in the town of Pachfurth.

He was also convicted of attempted murder after he had blasted their 21-year-old daughter Tamara in the back during the attack and of robbery for having taken EUR 1 000 from the tavern's till.

Rangelov had denied killing the couple but was convicted after DNA samples taken at the crime scene matched his, and after the couple’s daughter Tamara - who was severely injured in the attack - had identified him.

She had survived the attack by pretending to be dead after she was shot.

Prosecutors said Rangelov - a provincial leader of Bulgarian ultra-nationalist party Ataka - had tried to rob the wine tavern and had shot the couple as they defended themselves.

He fled to Bulgaria after the murders, but was arrested there several weeks later and extradited to Austria in July.

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