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The Upper Austrian was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court of first instance in January.(Bild: Sepp Pail)

A ruling by the Higher Regional Court has caused a stir: The man who brutally stabbed a dominatrix to death in Graz could be released from prison after just 13 years. His good conduct before the bloody deed played a decisive role.

In January, Stefan A. (name changed) from Upper Austria was sentenced to life imprisonment and incarceration. In April 2023, the then 29-year-old killed his girlfriend, a dominatrix, in a house on Straßganger Straße in Graz. She wanted to end the relationship. The mentally ill man, who also discovered messages from another man on her cell phone, could not cope with this.