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The man is said to have attacked a friend with a knife. A man was also convicted of a knife attack in Wels. Both judgments are not final.
An Obersteirer was sentenced to 18 years in prison at the Leoben Regional Court for attempted murder. He is said to have stabbed a friend in the back in December of the previous year. The victim, who recovered, was in a relationship with the attacker’s ex-girlfriend, who is said to have driven him insane.
The trial took place in the jury room under strict hygiene measures. The jury sat at a great distance, the replacement jury had to take a seat in the audience area. Plexiglass panels were placed in front of the table of the judges, the prosecutor and the experts.
Negotiations were held on an act that took place in Judenburg on December 8, 2019. The accused had separated from his girlfriend a few months before the incident and now wanted to speak to her. Therefore, he drove to his apartment, but did not find her there.
He went to Knittelfeld, where he met friends and also used drugs. Then he returned to Judenburg. According to the victim, the 32-year-old man lurked in front of the apartment. With the words “I have something for you,” he is said to have grabbed his ex-girlfriend’s new friend by the shoulder, turned around and stabbed him in the back with a knife. The seriously injured were able to flee to an apartment.
The defendant, who was only brought in by video from the detention center, said he accidentally ran into his rival. He denied any attempt to kill and only felt guilty of “minor bodily harm”. The injury caused by the ten-centimeter-long knife in the lumbar spine area was serious, according to the expert, but no organs were injured.
The jury found the unanimous 32-year-old unanimously guilty, the act was classified as attempted murder. The defendant requested three days to consider the matter, and the prosecution did not provide any explanation. The judgment is not final.
15 years in prison for 43 years in Wels
Also in Wels there was a trial, not final, on Wednesday night. A 43-year-old man, who is said to have seriously injured his ex-wife on the open street of Gmunden with a carpet knife, was sentenced to 15 years in prison at the Wels Regional Court for attempted murder. The jury unanimously found the man guilty. The defendant denied the attack, the verdict is not final. He took the time to think about it, as did the prosecutor.
The court assumed that the defendant intentionally wanted to kill the then 35-year-old on October 2 of the previous year. The judge based the sentence on the fact that the accused had pointed a gun at his divorced wife and had a criminal record for assault. Mitigating that he simply stuck with the attempt. In addition, he was sentenced to pay partial damages of 10,000 euros to the victim, who had joined the process as a private participant.
(APA)
