On Thursday, the Luxembourg City court ruled a 47-year-old man “not criminally liable” for the 2022 killing of a 32-year-old woman in Bonnevoie, citing his diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia under Article 71 of the Criminal Code. The court ordered his transfer to a psychiatric facility.
According to trial evidence, the defendant – who had a history of institutionalisation at the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital (CHNP) in Ettelbruck – committed the act while experiencing severe delusions, including believing he was “killing Lucifer under the eyes of God.” The victim sustained fatal neck wounds before being dismembered.
The court-appointed expert confirmed the schizophrenia diagnosis though could not identify what prompted the relapse after the defendant’s transition from supervised care to a Bonnevoie shared flat months earlier. Five civil parties received compensation, including four awarded €160,000 collectively and a €15,000 provisional sum for the injured flatmate’s medical evaluations.
