Attack on Children

“Such sadists want power over others”

Barnabas Neumayer also works as a court-appointed expert.(Bild: Horst Einöder/Flashpictures)

Clinical psychologist Barnabas Neumayer explains the personality structure of insidious perpetrators, such as in the case of the Halloween candy laced with nails in Linz-Oed. In his view, not all of them can be rehabilitated.

For Barnabas Neumayer, a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, and court-appointed expert from Pucking, it is clear that a sadist must be behind the malicious act committed on Halloween in Linz-Oed. “I’m familiar with this kind of antisocial behavior. It usually starts with animal cruelty and then extends to humans,” explains the expert.