Stress, narcotics and alcohol act as triggers when he goes through a manic episode, says the defendant, an advertising copywriter from Starnberg. He was then “half crazy, half oriented”. But that’s not all: In a state of mania, the man is said to have committed a variety of crimes for which he now has to answer before the Munich II Regional Court. It involves, among other things, damage to property, intentional and dangerous bodily harm.
The copywriter is accompanied to the appointment before the 2nd criminal chamber by his parents, with whom he also lives. According to the 33-year-old, his father quickly recognizes when he is entering a manic phase. After his last inpatient stay in a psychiatric clinic, he decided to appoint a carer, says the defendant. She is entitled to inform the police if the onset of a manic episode becomes apparent. The 33-year-old could possibly have saved himself a lot of trouble with this measure if he had only decided to do it earlier.
In the summer of 2022, the copywriter found himself in the vortex of mania. There had been an argument with his ex-girlfriend. The 33-year-old reports that he drank half a bottle of whiskey and probably also “smoked weed,” he admits during his interrogation. He doesn’t know for sure.
Late in the evening of August 4, 2022, the 33-year-old sat on a bench in a residential complex in Gauting and argued on the phone with his ex-girlfriend and later with his parents. A resident complained about the noise. According to the prosecution, the copywriter threw pebbles at her and another woman and threatened to kill them both. The defendant said he couldn’t remember anything. Police officers then arrested him and took him to a psychiatric clinic. The doctors there said it would be better for him to stay, but they had no right to keep him here. A little more than three weeks later, the defendant was taken back to a clinic; There he is said to have rioted and, among other things, kicked in the door to the station base and ran onto the canopy. He was released after six weeks. Afterwards, as he said during his interrogation, he fell into a “deep depression.”
The defendant allegedly demanded “coke and cigarettes” and threatened to kill a driver
Another manic episode followed in the spring of last year: According to the prosecution, the advertising copywriter forced a driver to stop at an intersection in Percha at night on May 12th, demanded “coke and cigarettes” and threatened him with death. The next day, in the early morning hours of May 13th, another incident is said to have occurred in a hotel in the municipality of Berg: When the manager asked the defendant to leave, he is said to have thrown a cast-iron candlestick at the man. The manager of the hotel was able to block the candlestick with his elbow. The copywriter was then treated as an inpatient again. After three months, the 33-year-old said, he was discharged with a “new medication.” The process continues.