After severely beating his partner in a fit of rage, a violent criminal from Vorarlberg eventually ends up in prison. The trial took place on Thursday at the regional court in Feldkirch.
“Too much violence, too many terrible memories…” the mentally ill woman justified the move to her new home in court in Feldkirch on Thursday. In the adversarial hearing, she describes to Judge Thomas Hofer the on-again, off-again relationship with the suspect, with whom she has two children. In the past, there were repeated outbursts of violence from the five-time relevant criminal record holder. Police operations were not uncommon.
“He suddenly stood in the room and stared at me without saying a word”
The next escalation will follow at the beginning of February of this year. “I was in the bathtub when he suddenly came into the room and stared at me without saying a word. Then I knew something was wrong.” First he destroyed her mobile phone, then she threw a beating and gave huge slaps to the face: “When I screamed for help, he started strangling me and threatened to knock me out if I didn’t shut up.”
He releases the victim, but the woman cannot flee: “He had locked the apartment.” His threat that he wasn’t done with her and that she would also be found after 20 years in prison is backed up by two hunting knives that he had stashed in the waistband. When he finally left the child’s mother’s apartment the next day, she called the police.
partial compensation
In the process, the suspect is nonchalant. He says he “just” hit the woman. He also denies having held the victim captive. And he doesn’t want anything to do with hunting knives in his waistband. “I was drunk,” is the succinct justification. The non-final verdict: 18 months partially suspended. The judge awarded the victim 1,500 euros in compensation for pain and suffering. In addition, the racket must undergo training against violence. A probation officer is appointed to assist him.
Source: Krone
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