Perpetrator in a blood rage
Neighbor (72) beaten to death over ant trail
A 53-year-old man from Graz struck his neighbor 18 times with a spade. And all because of an ant trail leading from her terrace to his balcony. The public prosecutor's office requested that he be committed to a psychiatric hospital due to mental illness. The murder trial will begin in March.
A horrific femicide has already shaken Styria this year. It will be some time before the trial of the suspect, Manuel M., takes place. However, 53-year-old Andreas M. will have to face the jury in Graz at the beginning of March after allegedly murdering his neighbor last year.
72-year-old Eva K. was considered very popular. Neighbors spoke highly of her, saying she helped everyone. This made the shock among residents of Scheigergasse in Graz-St. Peter all the greater last May when it became known that the 72-year-old had died. Beaten to death by the son of a neighbor who lived in the apartment above the victim. The motive for the bloody deed: a simple ant trail.
Terrace as a point of contention
Andreas M. had discovered the ants on his mother's balcony. Searching for their source, he ended up on the 72-year-old's ground-level terrace. A terrace that had been the subject of several complaints by the 53-year-old for years, as it allegedly belonged to the common area. The 72-year-old used it by climbing out of the kitchen window.
Eva K. and Andreas M. immediately got into a heated discussion about a flower pot where the ant trail began and which the defendant had moved. When the pensioner called him a "troublemaker," the 53-year-old saw red.
No chance against the attacker
He struck the frail 72-year-old woman, kneed her, threw her against a ventilation grille, kicked her head, and finally struck her at least 18 times in the neck and skull with a spade. The pensioner, who did not stand a chance against the 95-kilogram attacker, bled to death on the terrace.
The psychiatric expert attests that the trained engineer, who describes himself as a man of independent means and an investor, suffers from a severe mental illness that developed over many years and culminated in a bloodlust. Due to the great danger posed by the defendant, a committal is being requested.
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