Within the trial of a 63-year-old, the jury rejected the cost of tried homicide and located negligent bodily hurt by a vote of 6:2. The skilled judges then suspended the jury’s verdict because of the jury’s error.
Because of this the trial should be repeated earlier than a brand new jury following overview by the Supreme Courtroom (OGH). The brand new implementation is anticipated to happen within the second half of 2024. The defendant stays in custody in the meanwhile.
“Not a very good baker”
On December 15, 2023, the person stabbed his 25-year-old ex-colleague within the chest with a folding knife within the bakery. “He was not happy with the way in which he was working. He determined to kill him,” the prosecutor mentioned firstly of the trial. The defendant claimed self-defense through the interview. “I’ve been working as a baker since I used to be twelve,” mentioned the person, who comes from Turkey and has had Austrian citizenship for 20 years.
He’s “a very good grasp baker,” whereas his youthful colleague is “not a very good baker.” Nonetheless, the corporate the place he began working in September 2023 solely employed him on a part-time foundation, though he would have wanted full employment with the corresponding insurance coverage durations for his approaching retirement. That is why he stopped engaged on December seventh and wished to speak to the boss once more the next week, claimed the beforehand harmless particular person.
“The sufferer was extremely fortunate”
The defendant was unable to clarify why he knocked on the surface window of the bakery at 5:30 a.m. when he was nonetheless virtually asleep and was let in by the later sufferer – the person believed that the 63-year-old had resumed his employment – in addition to the truth that he had a folding knife with a blade size of 15 centimeters and a cleaver in his pocket. Whereas the 25-year-old was taking a look at his mobile phone, the defendant instantly stabbed him within the bakery, the prosecutor mentioned: “The sufferer was extremely fortunate.”
The blade didn’t open the chest cavity, however went into gentle tissue within the area between the ribs: “The center and lungs weren’t injured.” The 25-year-old was capable of forestall one other stab by taking the knife away from the 63-year-old. He was additionally capable of take the cleaver away from him earlier than he ran bleeding onto the road and was observed by a passer-by who known as the police and emergency providers. The 63-year-old, who misplaced his glasses on the crime scene, was arrested at his condo a short while later.
“I panicked. Feared for my life”
“I’m harmless. He attacked me,” he claimed in his trial. The 25-year-old “doesn’t perceive his craft.” Nonetheless, he “ratted” him out to the boss by taking images of failed items and claiming that he, the defendant, had manufactured them. That is why he wished to confront him. The 25-year-old first attacked him with a punch following which with the knife. In the midst of a scuffle and an try to defend himself, the defendant was stabbed within the chest, the defendant mentioned. When requested why he ran away and went to mattress at house with out caring for the injured man, the defendant replied: “I used to be panicked. Fearful for my life.”
