The public prosecutor spoke on Monday during a murder case in Leoben (Styria) of an “extremely brutal murder of women”. A man from Styria literally executed his wife with forty stab wounds – mainly in the face and neck. Obsessed with the illusion that she would cheat on him. The couple’s grandson had to witness the brutal act.
The couple from Murtal were married for more than 36 years. Friends describe the marriage as harmonious. But a year and a half ago the quarrels suddenly started. The 61-year-old accused his wife of having an affair. “I heard their arguments,” says the grandson. “Grandma said she wouldn’t be able to do this much longer. And that he must be examined, because this cannot continue like this.”
Suddenly stabbed in the neck without saying a word
The situation finally escalated last November. Suddenly, the Styrian grabbed a kitchen knife with a blade eight inches long and stabbed his wife, who was sitting at the table reading the newspaper, in the neck. When the bleeding woman fled outside with her young grandson (“Help me, grandma kept screaming, but I didn’t know what to do,” the young Styrian described), the early retiree ran after her with the knife.
“I caught her again in the garden and stabbed her several times,” says the 61-year-old emotionlessly. The grandson had to see everything. “The grandmother knelt on the ground and the grandfather continued to stab her. Then she stopped screaming…”
“She cheated on me”
‘Why?’ Judge Richard Gollner wants to know from the defendant. “Because I found out she was cheating on me.” With a colleague in the retirement home where the 57-year-old worked. “There is a room there that is always free,” the suspect is convinced.
There is no objective evidence of fraud. “Have you ever seen your wife with the nurse?” asks prosecutor Annika Maierhofer. “No, never together.” – “Do you still believe that your wife has cheated on you?” the judge wants to know. “Yes,” the Styrian is convinced.
Steirer suffers from a severe delusional disorder
Expert Manfred Walzl then explains to the jury that the Styrian suffers from a delusional disorder that makes him very dangerous. Because the delusion determined the crime and the man was therefore mentally incompetent, he recommends placement in a forensic-therapeutic center. The jury’s decision is still pending.
Source: Krone
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