An angry Salzburger (42) with a serious criminal record beat a homeless man with “great violence”. With a full beer can. He also said that he had protected a girl with it. Sentence: two and a half years unconditional prison sentence.
He has a problem with alcohol, drugs, his impulse control and is a hot-tempered poison dwarf: that is what the lawyer himself literally said about his client, who appeared on Tuesday before the regional court of Salzburg for attempted grievous bodily harm. For this, the judge looked at the previous convictions: 36 submissions, more than 20 previous convictions. ‘But he has only committed minor crimes,’ said the lawyer.
Suspect speaks of drug problems
According to the indictment, the tattooed and lively defendant, himself homeless and unemployed, attacked a homeless man near Salzburg’s main train station on May 3. He hit him with a beer can and kicked the victim in the face as he lay on the ground. “He was harassing a girl, so I hit him in the face with the beer can,” the locals add in deep dialect: “Actually I wanted to protect the people, but now I’m back in the harbor.”
He repeatedly describes his drug addiction as a problem and wants therapy instead of punishment. A plainclothes policewoman witnessed it: she clearly speaks of enormous violence. And the judge emphasizes: “You have to come together now.” Verdict: two and a half years unconditional prison sentence for serious bodily harm.
Source: Krone
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