After a terrible massacre in the A12 parking lot near Inzing (Tyrol), a Pole (37) confessed to the fatal stabbings after an argument. Now came the murder trial and the defendant brought in a mysterious ‘third man’ rather than confess. However, these descriptions did not appeal to the jury.
They were colleagues and agreed on the fateful Saturday in May last year to spend the weekend at the A12 car park near Inzing in Tyrol. It ended in a bloodbath.
“The mood changed”
“At some point the mood changed,” the prosecutor said, referring to the liter of vodka they drank together. There was then a ‘show of power’, followed by a serious argument. The suspect eventually grabbed his pocket knife in the car and gave his colleague a “first stab”. As he fled, another eleven stabbings took place outside between two vehicles. “In any case, he accepted that his colleague would die,” the prosecutor argued for murder by the eight-time convicted man.
„Not murder, but manslaughter“
The lawyer emphasized in his plea that there was never any intent to murder and that – partly because of the massive alcohol consumption – manslaughter had to be assumed. In addition, the suspect was in a “violent emotional state.”
Heartbeat, rib pierced
The forensic medicine findings included a puncture in the ventricle and a punctured rib. The victim dragged himself to his cabin and died. The suspect washed in the nearby toilet, put on clean clothes and went to sleep – until the police knocked on his driver’s cab.
During the trial there was suddenly a ‘film break’ instead of a confession
Given the evidence – investigators found his buried bloody knife – the Pole made a confession two days after the crime. However, during the trial he suddenly spoke of a “film tear” and when he woke up he saw an unknown third party (as a possible attacker) and his injured colleague. “Then why did you talk to the police about a fight and admit to the stabbings?” the chairman wanted to know. The answer was that he hoped that a confession would result in a lighter sentence and that he would be able to see his children (aged eight and twelve) grow up. The chairman’s question why he had buried the knife remained unanswered.
How badly affected by alcohol?
The defendant’s alleged massive memory problems and the ‘film tear’ could not be explained to the forensic pathologist. ‘He was intoxicated in the same way as the victim, who had approximately two permille of alcohol in his blood.’ If he was ‘used to alcohol’, ‘targeted actions’ were still possible, but there was no ‘complete intoxication’.
To the jury, the alleged third man was a ‘fairy tale’. The verdict was therefore unanimously life imprisonment; it is not legally binding. Because the lawyer has filed an appeal for nullity.
Source: Krone
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