On Wednesday, the man (38) who threatened employees with a knife and stabbed a police officer at the AMS in Lienz in June stood before the court in Innsbruck. Only one shot could stop the locals. According to a psychiatric report, he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. He thought he was in a video game.
It was an unusual decision: instead of going to a tobacconist or consuming the desired content online, the man went to the AMS in Lienz. “I thought they had everything,” he explained, visibly disturbed, before the Innsbruck regional court on Wednesday.
The suspect was in “The Matrix” during the crime.
Of the two employees, the locals wanted both films with ‘sexy content’ and porn magazines. When that didn’t work, he threatened her with a 22 centimeter long knife. He even stabbed a warned police officer who used pepper spray on the 38-year-old and eventually fired a shot. “It wasn’t all real,” the defendant said, “I felt like I was in the Matrix or the Truman Show that day.” He therefore knows “only partially” what exactly happened on June 20. If anything, he saw the two women as “software characters” and perceived everything as if it were a “video game.”
Psychiatrist confirms paranoid schizophrenia
But now he is ‘out of the film’, the East Tyrolean said without any acknowledgment of his illness. “I slept well yesterday and feel fine again.” The psychiatric report, the judge, the prosecutor and even his lawyer see it differently. “He undeniably suffers from paranoid schizophrenia,” the psychiatrist said.
Became violent towards parents
After brief deliberation by the jury led by judge Helga Moser, the matter became all too clear: the man was and is mentally incompetent and also dangerous. “It is quite possible that he will commit a crime if he does not do so,” the judge said in response to the psychiatric report. The 38-year-old, who admitted he enjoyed consuming alcohol and cannabis, had also previously become violent towards his own parents. He is dedicated to an institution.
Source: Krone
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