After the terrible bloody act last summer in Oberwaltersdorf (Lower Austria), the husband of the murder victim must now answer to the regional court in Wiener Neustadt. He allegedly killed his wife with 15 blows with a chisel. He shows that he is consistent. The defense pleaded for manslaughter.
“Yes, I killed my wife!” The insult and humiliation hurt me, at first I was just too cowardly to admit it, the accused said right at the beginning of the trial. The 65-year-old killed his wife on August 24 last year with an octagonal pointed chisel in their home. According to the indictment, he beat his wife 15 times.
Beaten 15 times
The evaluation of his sports watch finally brought the decisive clue. Accordingly, at 7:01 a.m., the suspect dropped his arm and murder weapon on his wife more than a dozen times – to the bloody end. 31 steps and a heart rate of 190 were recorded by the smartwatch – in reality, 15 of those were backswings. For lawyer Michael Dohr, this is the best evidence that the act was never planned, “but happened spontaneously because of an emotional outburst.”
‘It was a model marriage’
In his opening speech, the lawyer paints a picture of a happy marriage between the 65-year-old and his later murder victim. “He loved his wife very much and spent the best years of his life with her,” explains Dohr. His wife’s cancer is said to have led to initial tension between the two. It was only in the last four weeks before the murder that an unrelenting “coldness” spread between the spouses. Secretly, the 57-year-old would have prepared for a divorce. And tries to take everything from him: fortune, house and finally his dignity.
Because when the 65-year-old made advances to her that morning, she rejected him. Too much for the husband: enraged, he took the chisel and lashed out in a blind rage. An act of passion for the defense: “I have rarely seen such a sensitive client. He is a man you can trust,” said Dohr about the suspect. In the end, she had to pay with her death for the trust his wife had in him. suggested.
Husband confesses
Since Tuesday morning, the 65-year-old has to answer to the regional court in Wiener Neustadt for murder and falsifying a crime. The suspect pleaded guilty – to manslaughter, as his lawyer insists. He didn’t plan the crime well in advance, he says tearfully. “Can you please be less emotional?”, the chairman immediately urges the suspect to stop sobbing.
Trial scheduled for two days
After the bloody deed, the husband tried in “a rash act” to fake a break-in to avert suspicion. With a pocketknife, he tampered with the cat flap and messed with power cords. “I was too cowardly to admit it and wanted to cover up the crime with lies,” said the 65-year-old. His questioning continued and a verdict is expected on Thursday.
Source: Krone
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