Murder Trial Begins on October 23 in Ried

He is accused of injuring the 44-year-old with a knife in the chest, neck, arms, and hands out of jealousy at the end of March. The woman's daughter found her mother lifeless on the living room floor in the house in the Braunau district hours after the crime. The stepfather was sitting in a chair and sleeping. The suspect has so far shown himself to be "basically confessing" to the facts of the case.

Trial in Ried Scheduled for One Day

According to the indictment, there is also "a video of the facts of the case," a spokesperson for the Ried im Innkreis regional court said. The alleged perpetrator is deemed sane, and the psychiatric expert as well as the forensic pathologist will explain their reports before the jury. Additionally, three witnesses are summoned. For now, the trial is scheduled for one day. According to the indictment, the woman died from internal and external bleeding.

On the way home from a party in the early morning hours, an argument broke out in the car. The couple allegedly exchanged accusations related to a possible divorce. Later in the living room, the man grabbed a kitchen knife with a 19-centimeter blade and stabbed the 44-year-old multiple times. Afterwards, he reportedly attempted suicide and inflicted minor cuts on himself. He is in pre-trial detention.

Important Information

In Austria, women experiencing violence can find help and information, among others, at the Women's Helpline at: 0800-222-555, www.frauenhelpline.at; at the Association of Autonomous Austrian Women's Shelters (AÖF) at www.aoef.at as well as at the Women's Shelter Emergency Call at 057722 and the Austrian Violence Protection Centers: 0800/700-217; Police Emergency Call: 133 and in Upper Austria at the Autonomous Women's Center - Women's Emergency Call Upper Austria at 0732/602200.

Support services for people with suicidal thoughts and their relatives are offered by the Suicide Prevention Portal of the Ministry of Health. Contact details of support facilities in Austria can be found at www.suizid-praevention.gv.at. Information for young people is available at www.bittelebe.at.

(APA/Red)

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