Decisive day in the ‘Bogenmeilen trial’ in Tyrol: a Somali (26) cut the neck of a Tyrolean with a broken bottle. The jury ruled on attempted murder on Wednesday. The expert had previously emphasized: “It was purely coincidental that no blood vessels were injured” and that the victim could be dead.
As reported, the accused reveler from Somalia got into an argument with a local resident (44) in Innsbruck’s “Bogenmeile” at 4 a.m. on August 5. In front of the bar, the Tyrolean put his beer bottle aside, but the defendant broke his bottle on the edge of the sidewalk and attacked the opponent’s neck.
On Wednesday, the forensic expert spoke of a wound of fifteen and four centimeters long on the left side of the neck. “The cuts extended to the neck muscles. It was a coincidence that no blood vessels were injured.” In such cases, if a vein were opened, it would suck in air and enter the heart chamber – often fatally.
“Accepted the death of the enemy”
In the closing argument, the prosecutor emphasized that anyone who undertakes such an attack would definitively accept the death of his opponent. It can therefore be assumed that it was an attempted murder. The suspect had pleaded self-defense, but surveillance images did not show any attack by the Tyrolean. “He hit me with his fist beforehand,” the Somali man said. However, this was not mentioned in previous studies.
The lawyer points out that the suspect tended to deteriorate in the moments before the escalation. “Because he was scared,” she also brought up the self-defense option.
Accused of other crimes
The jury also considered the Somalian’s other crimes proven: in a house on the Mitterweg he also attacked an opponent with a bottle (in this case not previously broken), which ended in a light-hearted manner. He sexually assaulted a defenseless drug addict who slept with him.
In the “Bogenmeilen” case the jury decided on attempted murder and 17 years in prison (not final). The Somali must also pay 5,000 euros in compensation to the victim, who is still disabled today.
Source: Krone
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