18 Years Imprisonment After Knife Attack in Linz City
The defendant pleaded not guilty, claiming to have stabbed in self-defense. The verdict of the Linz Regional Court is not legally binding.
Announcement of Appeal and Nullity Complaint
The jurors decided six to two votes guilty in the sense of the indictment. The defense attorney announced an appeal and nullity complaint immediately after the verdict was announced, the prosecution did not make a statement. The court considered it mitigating that it had remained an attempt to kill a person. However, it was seen as aggravating that the defendant had three relevant previous convictions and was a "repeat offender", a court spokesman explained.
The 22-year-old was only released from prison in January 2024. On the day of the crime, he was in a bar in the Schillerpark area, just like the later victim. The knife attack took place on the opposite side of the street. A surveillance camera filmed that a friend of the victim and the defendant were facing each other and the victim apparently wanted to intervene between the two quarrelers. The 22-year-old then allegedly pulled out a knife, stabbed it into the peacemaker's stomach, and fled. The victim survived through emergency surgery.
(APA/Red)
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