The charges brought against 23-year-old Ibrahima B. by the Vienna public prosecutor’s office in their six-page indictment are staggering. As reported, the unemployed man, who was born in Guinea, is believed to have become radicalised during a stay abroad in France. He visited Muslim friends there and, on his return to Austria, wanted his girlfriend Elsa I. (name changed) to live the way he thought was the right way.
The suspect had already met the South American-born woman, who had been in Austria for more than two decades, in a club near Schwedenplatz in September 2023. She was currently divorced and was initially looking forward to some carefree hours and some affection. But after the trip to France, her boyfriend became unbearable and acted as a ‘’guardian of public morals‘’, forcing her to wear a headscarf, checking her mobile phone and tracking her. When she was looking for a place to go out on Instagram, Ibrahima B. finally went completely berserk.
In a shocking orgy of violence, he allegedly punched her 20 times in the face – alternately with his right and left fist – and broke her nose. Even when blood was spurting, he did not let go of his victim and is said to have choked her four times almost to the point of unconsciousness.
‘You’ll see what I’ll do to you,’ he is said to have intimidated the woman and then pulled a pair of pliers out from under the bed. ‘I’ll rip your teeth out,’ he threatened, according to the indictment. When the woman turned onto her stomach, he pulled out her hair in clumps and recorded it on film – to always remind her ‘what will happen if you don’t obey’.
The 23-year-old: ‘No matter where you are, look, I’ll always be here and even if it’s been a year, I’ll destroy you. You might not even remember me, but I will destroy you!’
The public prosecutor commented on the suspect’s alleged offences: ‘He always acted with the intention of hurting his victim and using violence to make her submissive.’ Elsa I. is said to have been raped several times in recent months – sometimes her ordeal lasted hours. She is said to have been scratched, beaten and bitten.
Particularly disgusting: Ibrahima B. whispered that although he loved his girlfriend, he would kill her. After she actually found a pistol in the box one day, Elsa I. confided in a friend in mortal fear and filed a complaint. Ibrahima B. has been in custody in Vienna-Josefstadt prison since the beginning of June.
He denied everything to the police, but after two interviews with the victim and findings from the Floridsdorf clinic, the investigators had no doubts about the statements made by the woman, who is being legally represented by star lawyer Philipp Wolm. Her tormentor Ibrahima B. will soon have to answer to a lay judge in Vienna. He faces up to ten years in prison. The presumption of innocence applies.
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