Stalking After Tinder Date - Viennese Woman Talks About "Telepathic Voices"

A 27-year-old woman was sentenced to five months probation at the Vienna Regional Court on Wednesday for persistent stalking. She had met a young man in 2018 through a Tinder date, and after two contacts, the connection broke off. To his surprise, the man heard from the accused again at the beginning of 2022 and subsequently could not get rid of her. The woman claimed "telepathic voices" were involved.

Man bombarded on social platforms

From 2023 until autumn 2024, the woman intermittently bombarded the man with messages over various social platforms and also sent him partly bizarre, partly love-declaring messages at work. She lay in wait for the man of the same age outside his apartment, knocked on the door, and tried to climb onto the car roof when he wanted to drive away in his car after she had caught him in a parking lot.

"You can imagine what that does to a person," reported the 27-year-old as a witness. When he heard scratching at night in his apartment, "I thought she was climbing up outside and breaking in. I would just trust her to do that." He therefore did not bring anyone into his apartment for a while out of fear.

The affected person also reported in the witness stand about statements like "Don't go away, you belong to me!" that the accused had shouted at him. The woman had also talked about getting married.

Viennese woman: "These are such unnecessary questions"

The accused claimed "telepathic voices" had controlled her behavior. The man had "telepathically annoyed" her, so she had to resume contact. The 27-year-old, who appeared in court 30 minutes late ("I overslept"), initially did not want to answer the judge's questions: "These are such unnecessary questions." During her interrogation, she also insisted on breaks to smoke or refill her water bottle.

The psychiatric expert Siegfried Schranz assessed the 27-year-old as accountable. However, there is an emotionally unstable personality disorder, additionally compounded by substance abuse - alcohol and cannabis.

With the probation sentence imposed on her, the 27-year-old agreed after consulting with her legal representative Anita Schattner. The prosecutor also waived legal remedies.

(APA/Red)

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