An alleged homicide occurred in Kassel in August of last year. This was preceded by a dispute that was ended by Messer.
- A dispute between two men escalated in Kassel
- Knife attack resulted in 17 injuries and the death of the other man
- Now the trial in the district court in Kassel has started
Kassel - With 17 knife stabs and cuts, a 57-year-old German Russian from Oberzwehren is said to have injured a compatriot so badly that the man bled to death. Because of attempted manslaughter, the defendant has been standing in front of the 6th punitive chamber of the regional court since Monday.
Kassel: Dispute brings bloody end of a drinking session
The deadly attack on the evening of August 2, 2019 in a high-rise building on Brückenhofstrasse is said to have been preceded by hours of drinking, which ended in blood in the argument .
According to prosecutor Ceh's indictment, the later victim - a German Russian in his early 50s - came to the defendant's apartment in Kassel at around 4:00 p.m. from the 12th to the 11th floor in order to do the fighting.
Kassel: When the alcohol ran out - the dispute over the deposit escalated
When beer and vodka ran out, the accused picked up a bottle of wine from neighbors. It was also quickly emptied, so the guest collected the host's deposit bottles to buy new alcohol from the deposit.
"But I didn't want that, I needed to buy the deposit to eat," said the defendant in Kassel via an interpreter. When he got in the way of the other, the argument started . The guest pushed him and hit him.
Kassel: Quarrel with a knife - Two 20-centimeter blades ended a life
He pulled two kitchen knives, each with 20 cm long blades, from a block of knives and stabbed the guest out of self-defense. "At some point he was lying on the floor," said the defendant when asked by Judge Volker Mütze.
He was shocked, confused and frightened and initially did not realize what had just happened. After the argument, the man from Kassel called his son in Hanover and said: "Someone is dead, I have a body in the living room."
Kassel: During the argument, the victim sustained 17 knife wounds
The son called the police, who arrested the defendant in Kassel around 11 p.m. Prosecutor Ceh reported 17 stitches and cuts that the victim had carried off her face and chest.
A deep sting hit the lungs during the argument that the man had bled to the inside and outside. In addition, several ribs were broken by punches and kicks. A blood test in the accused later showed an alcohol content of 2.21 per thousand. The exact amount of alcohol consumed by both is not known.
Quarrel with knife in Kassel: This is the life story of the accused
Defense attorney Klaus Uwe Haake provided information about his life on behalf of his client. Born in Novosibirsk in Russia in 1963, he attended school there until grade 10 and then trained as a driver and auto mechanic. In 2001 he came to Germany with his then seven-year-old son, mother and sister, to his “historical home”. Since 2011 he has lived in the high-rise in Oberzwehren ( Kassel ), where the dispute arose .
Disputes with Messer in Kassel: Additional process days are supposed to clarify the responsibility
He lost his job at VW in Kassel because of his alcohol addiction, for the same reason he had to hand in his driver's license twice. "I have been drinking all my life," said the man, for whom Judge Mütze also considers it possible to be admitted to a detention center.
Prosecutor Ceh also believes that the defendant's ability to control and to blame may be limited due to alcohol consumption. Whether this can be determined in this way will be clarified in five additional days of negotiations. It continues on Wednesday, May 20 at 9 a.m.
By Thomas Stier
Kassel: Police arrested suspects
When the police in Kassel found the body in the house after Streit, they arrested the 56-year-old * directly. At this point it was not yet clear who the victim was.
Sometimes it appears that the number of homicides in Kassel has risen sharply. According to statistics *, this is not the case.
Video: Man seriously injured with knife
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