Key legal question
Whether the defendant was guilty of attempted intentional killing
Extracted holding
Yes. The court found that he intentionally stabbed the complainant in the upper body with a knife and accepted the risk of death.
Extracted reasoning
The complainant’s account was deemed credible, the defendant’s versions were contradictory, and the expert report excluded a blunt-force cause. The force and direction of the stab created a high risk of death and showed eventual intent.