A lot of alcohol and a lot of violence characterized the relationship of a 49-year-old woman from Graz and her partner. In April, an argument ended in which the man was stabbed in the chest. Was it attempted murder or self-defense? This must be clarified in court.
The Hungarian woman and her partner were both “not averse to alcohol,” says prosecutor Stefan Thomas Pirker. Arguments were also not uncommon: “It was an abusive relationship,” the prosecutor said.
The man was gone for five hours and the argument escalated
On that day in April, they had both had a lot to drink, after which the man went to get cigarettes. When he came home five hours later, she angrily asked him where he had been. The argument then escalated and she said she became very afraid of him. So she grabbed a knife and probably just wanted to protect herself, but the victim was actually stabbed in the chest from above.
“I held the knife in my hand, he came to me and tried to twist the knife out of my hand and pulled his shoulder into the knife,” was her version, which according to the forensic pathologist is not possible.
Girlfriend heard man screaming
“Then why didn’t you call the police or emergency services, but your friend?” asked Judge Hanspeter Draxler. She allegedly told her friend that she had ‘stabbed’ her boyfriend. The other woman heard the injured man screaming on the phone. “We have a picture that contradicts your information from start to finish,” the prosecutor said.
“Maybe she just had enough.”
According to the suspect’s lawyer, the prosecution lacked a motive for attempted murder. He also spoke about an abusive relationship from which the woman wanted to break free: “Maybe she was just tired of being strangled and beaten.” But he also admitted: “The violence was certainly not one-sided.”
The woman claimed she only held the knife in her hand because she was so afraid of her partner. A few days earlier he had hit her head on a sheet of glass, causing it to break. “He gambled away our money and used to beat me,” she said through tears.
The jury’s verdict is expected this evening.
Source: Krone
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