Tongue Bitten Off: 29-Year-Old Acquitted at Trial in Vienna

The court concluded that the alleged excessive self-defense did not occur. The woman's actions were justified to fend off the attack directed at her. The decision is already legally binding, and the prosecutor agreed with it.

The 29-year-old had met with the 47-year-old man, whom she had known for about ten years. As her defense attorney suggested, the woman's past life path was likely marked by substance abuse: "She knows that's not optimal. She repeatedly allows contact with men, with whom she then has experiences of violence."

Defendant: "I Was Terrified"

On February 1, 20205, the woman accompanied the man, 18 years her senior, to his apartment. "He tried to kiss me twice," the defendant described. She didn't want that, and he became aggressive and insulted her. She bit his tongue "when he put his hand in my pants. I was terrified. I managed to leave the apartment that way."

The bite caused "a traumatic amputation of the front part of the tongue," according to the indictment. The woman was also accused of not calling for help but instead going to a bus stop. "I ran away. I was terrified for my life," the 29-year-old explained.

Judge Believed Defendant, Trial Against 47-Year-Old Still Pending

The judge found the woman's account credible. The 47-year-old will have to answer to a jury because he allegedly grabbed the 29-year-old by both upper arms and forced her to endure his kisses and further advances. He is also accused of holding her in the apartment against her will for two hours. There is no date yet for this trial.

He claimed in today's hearing that everything in his apartment initially happened consensually: "I wasn't after sex." During the kissing, "she then had my tongue and pulled on it. Like a vampire, as if she wanted to tear my tongue out." After the woman ran out of the apartment, he looked in the mirror: "It was a shock. I feared I was going to die."

(APA/Red)

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