Work Colleague Killed in the 9th District: Trial in Vienna

He does not have to answer for double murder before a jury court. According to a psychiatric report, he was not accountable at the times of the crimes due to a persistent and serious mental disorder.

Placement Requested

Therefore, the Vienna public prosecutor's office has requested the man's placement in a forensic-therapeutic center in accordance with § 21 paragraph 1 StGB. The 34-year-old, after his arrest, confessed to having knocked a 44-year-old work colleague unconscious in his room on July 16 and then thrown him out of the window located on the fourth floor. Initially, this case was considered an accident or suicide, but when a second colleague of the Czech was found in his room a week later with a smashed skull in the same hotel, this assessment by the law enforcement agencies changed.

Doubts About Accountability

As the investigations showed, the 34-year-old had obtained an access card for the 29-year-old's room on July 23 and then proceeded with extreme brutality against him. He had worked together with the two victims, who were from Slovakia, in the same company, which had accommodated the workers in a hotel near the Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof. Regarding the motive, the suspect stated that he felt "threatened" by the two. They would have "belonged to the mafia". The statements made by the man during his interrogation, and his overall impression, had already raised doubts about his accountability among the police investigators.

(APA/Red)

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