A 42-year-old hit his roommate in the Wartenberg addiction therapy center twice in the face. Commitment to a psychiatric hospital can mean lifelong for the person affected.
The accused suffers from an organic brain psychosyndrome with cognitive deficits and personality and behavioral disorders, triggered by a serious motorcycle accident at the age of 17. In criminal law, bodily harm is therefore equivalent to attempted coercion. If the crime beyond doubt, the question of accommodation would be off the table.