If he dutifully takes his pills and gets his depot injections, the 52-year-old Viennese can even live alone in his apartment. All that would have been necessary in years past was a daily visit from a nurse. However, without his medication, he went after such a nurse.
“I didn’t feel well that day,” admits the Viennese in court. Normally he is not aggressive at all. Normally, however, he also takes his pills and collects depot injections. Chronic paranoid schizophrenia has accompanied the suspect since adolescence in the regional court of Vienna.
Nurse visited him daily
In 2003 he was in an institution for eight years and was on the mend. A nursing service made sure he took his medication regularly at home – which was not the case that day. In an acute psychotic attack, he attacked the nurse with the kitchen knife. Fortunately, he only had cuts on his hands. Trigger: Insufficient per diem allowance.
Victim participated in martial arts
Initially, the nurse would have tried to calm him down and take the knife from his hand. “The situation has become increasingly critical,” the 31-year-old victim said on the witness stand. He had been training in martial arts for six months by then and was virtually unscathed: “I’m not a professional, but I kind of knew how to fend it off.”
Expert recommends clinical treatment
The Public Prosecution Service demands a renewed instruction – with attempted murder as the reason. The 52-year-old suspect knows he is sick, but: “I didn’t want to kill him. I know I made a mistake.” The psychiatrist is sure: “Without medication, such crimes are to be expected again” and recommends inpatient treatment, which he receives in an asylum for mentally disturbed offenders.
Source: Krone
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