Customs and tradition are part of a wedding. For example, “kidnapping” the bride is a must at every celebration. But biting off the eyelids of one’s “bride” is going too far. But that is exactly what an African (36) did – and was sentenced in Vienna for the rite originating from his home country.
This charge at the Vienna Criminal Court for “committing a criminal offence in a state of full intoxication” involved something that has probably never been tried in an Austrian courtroom before …
According to the indictment, the man strangled his partner (30) until her eyeballs protruded. Then he bit into them, tore off the eyelids with his teeth and, because of custom (?), stabbed his victim on the head with a piece of broken glass. According to the newspaper “Krone”, she suffered a cervical spine trauma, a dislocation fracture of the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae as well as severe injuries to both eyes.
According to the expert, the attack took place under full “intoxication” – but with substances that cannot be precisely defined. So it was more likely not just fruit schnapps and beer. Sentence: 18 months partly on probation, the six months in prison have already been served.
But the story does have something of a happy ending. The two are still a happy couple.
https://exxpress.at/afrikanischer-ritus-in-wien-frau-die-augenlider-abgebissen/
