A 28-year-old from Lower Austria sits before the jury at the Korneuburg Regional Court. On the night of April 3, 2023, he killed his beloved mother with 30 stab wounds in a terraced house in Strasshof and seriously injured his stepfather. He thought his victims were aliens.
Guarded by four prison guards, the young man is taken to room 16 of the Korneuburg Regional Court. Martin S. wears dark jeans and a black sweater. As the prosecutor presents the jury’s request for placement in a forensic therapeutic center, the 28-year-old keeps his head down, repeatedly clutches his glasses and appears worried. According to his own statements, he cannot remember the night he brutally killed his mother with thirty stab wounds. The only thing he has in front of him is the photo of the woman lying on the floor in the front room.
Manuscript on Foreigners and Freemasons
But what led to the gruesome act in the beautiful terraced house just outside Vienna? “In the months before the crime, the person concerned increasingly leaned towards conspiracy theories. Martin S.’s view on vaccination made him feel left out during the Corona period. “Thoughts about aliens and the end of the world fascinated him so much that he wrote a manuscript about them,” the prosecutor explains. “What was the manuscript about?” the judge wants to know. “About aliens and freemasonry,” answers Martin S., who on the night of the crime also thought his mother and her husband were aliens.
The 60-year-old knew the confusing work of the avid Rapid fan, his views led to discussions in the family – which culminated in the tragedy on April 3, when he stabbed his mother and stepfather with four kitchen knives that night. With enormous brutality. Roswitha had no chance; her 70-year-old husband, a tax consultant, survived with serious injuries.
Cannabis led to severe psychosis
“These are incredible events. He had a very good relationship with his mother and his sister. It was a well-functioning family,” says lawyer Astrid Wagner. However, according to his lawyer, Martin S. regularly used drugs and tried synthetic cannabis for the first time a few weeks before the crime. Forensic psychiatrist Peter Hofmann confirms that the person concerned has a chronic drug psychosis. “Cannabis contains active ingredients that can lead to severe psychosis. Since so much cannabis has been consumed, these diseases have doubled,” Hofmann explains. Martin S. has used cannabis his entire adult life, even for breakfast.
There is no sign in the courtroom of Martin S.’s serious mental illness. The former HAK student explains clearly, also about how he became involved in the conspiracy theories. “I was just sitting at the computer. “My mother then took the manuscript away from me,” he says.
The jury will soon discuss the placement of Martin S. in a forensic therapeutic center.
Source: Krone
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