A week after the start of the trial for two murder attempts, a West Styrian innkeeper was sentenced on Tuesday to eight years in prison (not final). The 48-year-old, who allegedly attacked two men with a knife after an argument, denied the intention to kill until the end. He just wanted to scare them and scare them away. The jury found him guilty of attempted murder and gross negligence bodily harm.
“I didn’t mean to hurt anyone,” the innkeeper from Stainz protested in his last words in the trial for the double attempted murder at the Graz Criminal Court, again in tears. Then he blurted out, “I just want to go home, to my family.”
The 48-year-old will likely be denied this wish for a while: Eight years in prison for attempted murder and grossly negligent bodily harm was the non-final verdict on Tuesday after the trial began a week ago.
‘It’s just a matter of luck that the victim survived’
“You don’t have to worry about ruining his life. He already did that himself,” the prosecutor said to the jury in advance and sees the charge according to various witness statements as “fully confirmed”. lucky no vital organs were injured.”
Dispute escalated drunk
The formerly immaculate Western Styria and father of two assaulted a man with a butcher knife in December last year after an alcoholic quarrel outside a bar in Stainz. Another intervened – and received a stomach stab for it.
The OM mentions the insult of the rejection of a woman a month ago as the motive. That woman was joined by the two victims in the bar on the ominous night before the situation escalated.
The innkeeper pleaded not guilty to the end of the attempted murder, he only wanted to threaten the men. The stabbing allegedly happened during a scuffle.
Source: Krone
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