Ex-girlfriend beaten, stalked and raped? – Trial in Salzburg
Multiple rape, coercion, threats, bodily harm, persistent persecution: Because of numerous and massive allegations of violence, a Turk (56) stood in Salzburg on Monday in front of a lay judge’s senate (chair: Judge Martina Kocher).
Prosecutor Sandra Wimmer accused the accused, who had seven relevant previous convictions, of repeatedly threatening, beating and raping his ex-partner from autumn 2019. After the separation he is said to have carried her, rang the bell for her, followed her.
The defendant denied the serious allegations: he had “often argued violently with the ex-girlfriend, also insulted and shoved her”, but he had “never hit her and never raped her. Sex was always voluntary.”
His defense attorney Leopold Hirsch in the process: “My client had an intense sexual relationship with the alleged victim for several years. The woman announced several times that she would destroy my client, that she would put him in prison if he should leave her. In spring 2021 Did he remarry his former wife – that offended the girlfriend enormously. As soon as she found out about the upcoming wedding, she reported him. – The ex-girlfriend incriminates the accused, who has been in custody for six months, According to the expert opinion, they suffered a post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the incriminated attacks.
The trial was postponed to January 28th. In the event of a guilty verdict according to the indictment, the 56-year-old faces between five and 15 years in prison.