The construction worker who worked in a hotel in July last year Vienna-Alsergrund two Work colleagues killed was said to have been mentally ill at the time of the crime.
This is the result of a report commissioned by the public prosecutor’s office psychiatric reportsaid a spokeswoman for the authorities Nina Bussek on Friday afternoon APA request with. The 34-year-old man from the Czech Republic is not culpable. This means he avoids being charged with double murder.
The psychiatric expert came to the conclusion that the man committed the homicides he was accused of under the significant influence of a serious and lasting influence mental disorder committed, explained Bussek. At the same time, the 34-year-old should be viewed as dangerous.
Placement in a forensic center required
The psychiatrist therefore assumes that there is a high probability that the man will again in the foreseeable future, under the significant influence of his mental disorder, commit an act that is threatened with punishment and with serious consequences. In his report, the expert therefore advocates accommodation in one – for an unlimited period of time forensic-therapeutic center within the meaning of Section 21 Paragraph 1 StGB.
According to Bussek, the corresponding application has not yet been submitted to the State Criminal Court. However, the report is “clear”.
Victim pushed out of window
After his arrest, the 34-year-old confessed to knocking a 44-year-old work colleague unconscious in his room on July 16 and then falling out of the fourth floor window.
At first it was assumed that one Accident but when a second colleague of the Czech arrived at the same hotel a week later crushed skull was found in his room, this assessment of law enforcement changed.
The 34-year-old got an access card for the 29-year-old’s room on July 23rd and then went with him extreme brutality taken action against this. Recordings from one Security camera led to the trail of the Czech, who was arrested in his homeland at the beginning of August and subsequently extradited.
Doubts about sanity
He had together with the two from the Slovakia originating victims in same company The workers worked in a hotel not far from Franz Josef Train Station had accommodated.
Regarding the motive, the suspect explained after his transfer to Vienna that he had separated from the two felt threatened. They belonged to the mafia. The information that the man gave during his interrogation of the accused and his overall impression raised doubts among police investigators about his sanity.
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27.09.2024, 15:59
