Prison Sentence After Attempted Murder of Police Officer in Front of Parliament
According to the prosecutor, the accused suddenly tried to pull the service weapon from the holster of a 26-year-old police officer to kill him. The officer was able to prevent the act by quickly stepping back. The accused then formed a gun with his hand and simulated a shot. Another attempt to steal the officer's weapon also failed.
Clear Conviction After Attempted Murder of Police Officer in Front of Parliament
The jurors followed the prosecution with a clear majority - with a vote ratio of 7:1 - and found the 31-year-old guilty of attempted murder. Regarding the gesture, he was acquitted of a co-accused dangerous threat. Additionally, the Slovak was committed to a forensic-therapeutic center under § 21 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Code, as the psychiatric expert Peter Hofmann assessed him as accountable but dangerous. Without therapeutic treatment accompanying detention, guaranteed in the enforcement of measures, serious violent offenses are to be feared in the future, warned Hofmann, referring to the schizophrenia diagnosed in the accused.
Accused on Verdict After Attempted Murder of Police Officer in Front of Parliament: "The ten years are fine"
"The ten years are fine," the accused reacted to his conviction. Even after consulting with his legal representative, he maintained this stance. He accepted the verdict. The prosecutor initially made no statement.
She had primarily based her indictment on the recordings of a surveillance camera installed on the parliament building, on which the incriminating scenes were fully visible. The video was played several times in the courtroom. "I am of the opinion that the accused would have shot the officer if he had gotten the weapon," emphasized the prosecutor. The man had "said so himself."
After his arrest, the Slovak stated that he had sought help from the police because he was not feeling well at the time. Since he did not receive the help, he wanted to shoot. "He repeated this before the detention and legal protection judge," revealed the prosecutor.
Defendant for Legal Aid "a Poor Soul"
"My client sits there like a miserable heap. He is a poor soul, one must say," remarked the legal aid of the 31-year-old. He is homeless in Slovakia and "confessed that he tried to reach for the weapon. He doesn't know why he did it." In any case, he did not want to shoot anyone: "He wouldn't have been able to. He wouldn't have been able to get the weapon out of the holster." A Glock 17 is equipped with a special security holster, the lawyer knew. The charge is "very ambitious, but misguided."
The legal representative referred to the psychiatric report obtained by the public prosecutor's office, according to which the 31-year-old exhibits paranoid schizophrenia: "He needs help because he is ill. He says he hears voices." Prison is the wrong place for the 31-year-old.
Defendant According to Report Capable Despite Schizophrenia
Despite the diagnosed schizophrenia, the psychiatric expert Peter Hofmann certified the man as capable at the time of the crime. He was capable of "very targeted actions" and had "staged a very dangerous situation." The "ability to control his impulses" was present in the defendant: "He very well knew what he was doing and could have decided against it."
In sentencing, the 31-year-old's significantly reduced culpability was taken into account as a mitigating factor, as the presiding judge Christina Salzborn explained in the reasoning of the judgment. Not least because of this, the man got away with the minimum sentence for the assumed offense.
(APA/Red)
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