Because he killed his 83-year-old mother with a dumbbell in February of this year, a 58-year-old was finally admitted to an institution for mentally disturbed offenders at the Vienna Regional Court on Wednesday. The man suffers from a psychotic depression, which means that he cannot be held responsible for his actions.
The trained precision mechanic had not had any psychological problems until last year, only after his brother’s suicide did he suffer from depression and also sought appropriate treatment. According to the psychiatric expert, like the identical twin brother, it is likely that a genetic component played a role in the development of the disease.
The 58-year-old could suddenly no longer cope with everyday life and was dependent on the support of his elderly mother.
death after cerebral hemorrhage
On February 16 of this year, the 58-year-old screwed a weight plate onto one side of a barbell and hit the elderly woman twice in the back of the head. He then called 911, admitted to the attack and requested medical attention for the 83-year-old. But the retiree died a few days later from a brain haemorrhage.
The patient was unable to provide a real motive for the crime during the hearing, which was chaired by Judge Thomas Spreitzer. The 58-year-old was also unable to explain exactly whether or why he was sorry.
Closed setting “only option”
This lack of emotions corresponds to the clinical picture of psychotic depression, explained the expert Peter Hofmann. Although the suspect is responding well to the newly initiated therapies, he is still dangerous. “He can do very dangerous things that he has no control over.” According to him, a closed institution is “the best and only option at the moment”.
The jury and judges agreed with this opinion. The 58-year-old accepted the verdict, as did the prosecutor, making the briefing already final.
Source: Krone
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