In the trial of a 52-year-old Syrian who allegedly stabbed his wife in May on the Obere Donaulände in Linz and is therefore on trial on charges of attempted murder, a verdict is likely to be made on Wednesday. Witnesses spoke first: “We couldn’t let him stab her,” said a woman who had jumped on the suspect.
The suspect allegedly stabbed his wife several times in the neck with a carpet knife during an argument. The 41-year-old survived only thanks to a series of lucky circumstances and a few brave people who intervened and put the attacker out of action at great risk: a woman jumped the man in the back, a cleric tried to force him to give up, the team A ambulance passing by chance and passers-by with medical knowledge quickly rendered first aid.
victim covered in blood
“We couldn’t let him stab her,” the helper said as a witness in court. The victim was covered in blood, when the seriously injured person was treated in the ambulance, the alleged perpetrator shouted that she was a “bad woman”.
jealousy as a motive
The motive for the crime, according to the prosecutor, was jealousy because the woman had been in contact with other men via social media. The defender said that as far as the motive is concerned, the cultural background should be considered. The suspect denies intent to kill. He described himself as “very liberal”, but at the same time said that his wife was not allowed to have contact with strangers and had committed “high treason”.
Accused not mentally abnormal
According to Adelheid Kastner’s psychiatric report, the defendant is not mentally abnormal. In it she comes to the conclusion that the personality structure of the suspect “cannot yet be classified as a higher degree of mental and spiritual abnormality”. There is no medical explanation for the memory gaps he claims, other than that he doesn’t want to remember. The suspect said that the expert “does not know Eastern culture”.
Kastner and the forensic doctor will also run his report during the day. A verdict was expected on Wednesday.
Source: Krone
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