Danger to the general public: Regional court in Regensburg sends 53-year-olds to psychiatry

Created: 05/27/2022, 14:06

In the security proceedings against a 53-year-old (here with his lawyer Shervin Ameri), the Regensburg Regional Court decided to place the man permanently in a psychiatric ward.

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Because he killed his roommate after a psychotic episode, a 53-year-old from Regensburg has to be permanently housed in a psychiatric facility.

Regensburg

Jakob T. is permanently housed in a psychiatric facility.

This decision by the Regional Court of Regensburg in the manslaughter trial against the 53-year-old is no surprise.

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As reported, Jakob T. killed his roommate on October 6, 2021 with several cuts and stabs.

Defense, public prosecutor and court agree that the 53-year-old was not guilty at that time.

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During the course of the trial, Dietmar Wirtz comprehensively explained Jakob T.'s 30-year medical history.

The 53-year-old suffers from a severe form of paranoid schizophrenia.

The actually polite, nice and generally well-liked man fatally stabbed his 64-year-old roommate several times on October 6 as a result of a psychotic episode. 

Killing after a psychotic episode: Jakob T. is innocent

Like Wirtz, the jury board is convinced that Jakob T. was no longer in control of his senses at the time of the crime due to this flare-up - and therefore not guilty.

Apart from the medical forensic findings on the numerous injuries, the fact that he was incapable of being guilty due to illness is one of the only things that the Chamber was able to determine with certainty.

Jakob T. cannot remember exactly what happened that day.

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Michael Hammer needed less than 30 minutes to justify his verdict last Wednesday afternoon.

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The chamber chairman summarizes again how a supervisor did not reach the men on October 5 who had lived together in an open supervised apartment on Brahmsstraße since 2019 and over time also maintained a friendly relationship.

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On that Tuesday, the later victim was still alive and called his sister at 7 p.m. sharp, as he did every evening.

But because she was still at work, she missed the call and the brother spoke on tape – where she has recorded his voice to this day.

Jakob T. didn't come to work on Wednesday.

When the social worker wanted to come by the next day, like every Thursday, to cook together in the assisted-living community, nobody answered her bell.

There were calls around, with the job, with the BKH - whether the men had probably made representations there themselves again. 

Judgment of the Regional Court of Regensburg: 53-year-old is a danger to the general public

When a supervisor tried again in the flat share, Jakob T. finally answered.

The witness claims to have heard one word: "dead," repeated Hammer in a calm tone.

A little later, the notified police officers found the body in the apartment.

Jakob T. was apparently asleep in his room.

"As far as we know, there was no reason for the killing," Hammer sums up.

Despite the difficult situation in which both men grew up and the illness affecting them, "the world of the two of them was probably fine in 2021".

Also thanks to a functioning professional environment.

"What caused this small world to collapse could not be explained."

Jakob T. was arrested immediately and temporarily taken to the BKH, where he will remain in the future.

Because the district court sees him as a danger to the general public.

Presiding Judge: "We wish you success in improving your condition."

No one can say with certainty whether Jakob T. – if he were not accommodated – would not again seriously injure or kill someone.

Because of his illness, he can't do it himself.

"We hope that you will succeed in improving your condition," Hammer said, addressing Jakob T.

He accepted the verdict immediately and left the courthouse on the fourth and last day of the trial in shackles and in the police car in the direction of the BKH.