The first day of a trial at the regional court for attempted manslaughter with dangerous bodily injury was a curious one. The two most important witnesses – the victim himself, a 62-year-old man, and his 80-year-old father-in-law from the district of kronach – were temporarily arrested by the public prosecutor’s office for making false statements.
The 32-year-old defendant from the district of kronach is accused of having inflicted a knife wound approximately five centimeters long on the right side of his neck, several stabs in the right armpit region, on the left wrist and on the right upper arm on his 62-year-old father in june 2011. The victim then had to undergo surgery at the frankenwald clinic.
During yesterday’s trial, the accused did not want to give any information about what happened and denied having committed the crime. However, based on the testimonies of the witnesses, many things point to the 32-year-old as the perpetrator.
In a police interrogation in june 2011, the trial’s key witness, the 80-year-old grandfather of the defendant, incriminated his 32-year-old grandson and identified him as the perpetrator of the crime. He testified similarly before an investigating judge a few weeks later.
However, at yesterday’s hearing it seemed as if he wanted to protect his grandson. He claimed that the 32-year-old was no longer in the apartment at the time of the crime.
During the interrogation of the injured man, inconsistencies also emerged during the trial. Like his father-in-law, the man apparently tried to exonerate his son by making false statements. So the two mannerists were temporarily detained.
21 witnesses have been heard so far. The trial will continue on thursday at 9 o’clock.