A Styrian man with a criminal record sneaked into a fellow patient’s room at a hospital in Graz at night and raped the defenseless woman. On Wednesday he was sentenced to five years in prison in Graz.
In May 2023, the severe alcoholic allegedly sneaked into a patient’s room in the middle of the night during an inpatient stay at LKH II, South Location, in Graz and sexually assaulted her. The 46-year-old told Judge Catherine Farmer he could not remember anything due to his alcohol consumption.
The police found him in front of a whorehouse
The defendant had just been released from LKH II after an eleven-day stay to treat his addiction when he picked up the bottle again the same day. The police found him lying in a theater in the evening with more than three per mille in his blood. He was readmitted but said he had no memory of it.
“Room mixed up”
“I can’t explain it. I don’t know why I went to her room. I threw the alcohol in the room,” the defendant told the judge, who doubted his testimony because the patient was the only woman in the entire room at the time. department was.
“Take advantage of the situation”
After the woman rang the bell, two nurses and an orderly entered the room. All three witnesses confirmed seeing the 46-year-old bent over the woman. “He is already taking advantage of the situation,” one employee explained, noting that they often had to remove him from the rooms when there were women in the department.
His lawyer claimed the 46-year-old, who has more than 20 previous convictions, is desperate to quit alcohol and seek therapeutic measures. He accepted the sentence: five years in prison. The judge pointed out that he had the opportunity to undergo therapy in prison. The judgment is not final.
Source: Krone
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