The 28-year-old Afghan had also threatened his wife with death.
According to the indictment, over a period of five years a previously blameless Afghan man, who has been in Austria since 2015, repeatedly abused his wife with punches and kicks, in some cases injured and threatened with death. In addition, he had robbed her money or tried to rob her several times – according to the indictment, he held a knife to her head once, and a fork once more, according to the indictment. On Thursday before the jury (presiding: Gabriele Glatz), the accused (defender: RA Ewald Ullmann) finally made a confession. Among other things, he had previously said that he might not really remember the allegations because of his drug addiction at the time. The jury sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment. final.
