“You bitch, now I’m going to shoot you,” an 86-year-old shouted at his son before holding a gun to his head. And also pulled the trigger. There would only have been an attempted murder because the gun was not unlocked. The accused Viennese: “I just wanted to scare him. Actually, I just wanted to watch TV in peace.”
A frail 86-year-old man enters the grand jury room in Vienna with his walker, supported by his lawyer Florian Kreiner and flanked by a judicial security officer. An image that is difficult to reconcile with the wild accusations in the indictment: he allegedly tried to kill his own son.
Dispute about moped keys or car stickers
The Viennese lived with his wife and the victim for decades in a row house in the 22nd district. “They have had nothing to say to each other for two years, apart from mean things and insults,” the prosecutor explains about the poor family relations. There are several details why there was another quarrel on July 29, 2023: hidden keys or stickers on cars – trivialities.
But lawyer Florian Kreiner knows the background: “The son has several previous convictions and has an arsenal of weapons at home. He tormented and insulted his father greatly. My client also wanted to show his teeth and scare his son.” So the 86-year-old pulled out his gun in the garage of the terraced house and held it to the 51-year-old’s head – then allegedly pulled the weapon. tractor. But there was only a soft click and the gun did not unlock. The old Viennese aimed twice at his son’s stomach.
“I put the gun to his head. I also loaded it and pulled the trigger. Unfortunately I simply forgot to take out the fuse. “Unfortunately it didn’t work,” the suspect told the police officers who intervened at the crime scene. The 86-year-old possessed the gun illegally. There has been a weapons ban against him for two years. “He will also be convicted on this point,” admits lawyer Florian Kreiner.
Because he can no longer hear very well, the Viennese is allowed to sit on an armchair half a meter in front of the judge’s desk. And he complained to the judge Magdalena Klestil-Krausam about his suffering: his son had moved his television and taken away his documents. His wife taught him to pour a bowl of cold water over his head and put his favorite dog to sleep. “If I had gotten a house, I would have moved anyway,” says the 86-year-old, describing his plans to leave the terraced house they share. And his neighbor also said in the witness box: “The poor man was just verbally abused by his family. He just worked all his life.”
And at the end of July last year, the old man would have had enough: “I wouldn’t have shot him at all. I just wanted to scare him. I actually just wanted to watch TV in peace.” – he would have known the gun was safe. Mrs. Rat wants to know why he even has one: “Do you know how many people in my settlement have an illegal gun?”
Son in the witness box: ‘He is rabid’
The 51-year-old son gives a completely different version in the witness box. Sitting in a wheelchair, he complains about his father: “We didn’t get along well. It was that way from a young age. He said it was my fault my parents divorced the first time. He has two faces. You need to be careful. He is cruel.” Contradictions soon become apparent between his police interrogation and his statement in court. His father does not look at the witness, sits with his back to his son the entire time and repeatedly shakes his head in disbelief.
If the 86-year-old Viennese is found guilty, he risks life imprisonment. The jury is expected to make a decision during the afternoon.
Source: Krone
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