Case R 706/2025/5226 · Case Record

Pre-Trial Account

This record sets out the allegations N made against TG during the pre-trial investigation, following the sequence and details of his recorded statement. It is confined to his account of TG’s alleged actions and does not incorporate the separate narrative later presented at trial.

1. Background and Return to the Apartment

N stated that he and his wife (wife O not  TG) had argued earlier and that he had left the apartment. While away, the battery in his headphones ran out, and he decided to return to retrieve them. He said that he went to a neighbour’s residence to wait for TG to calm down, and that TG was already present.

When asked about the time, N said that, to the best of his memory, it was 5:00 p.m., approximately 10–15 minutes before the call to the emergency response centre.

2. The Stairway and the Chairs

N described the apartment as being on the second floor, reached by stairs immediately after entering the building. He stated that an obstruction made of chairs had been placed in front of the entrance to the stairs, preventing him from going up to the apartment.

According to N, he was at the bottom of the stairs, on the first floor, while TG was on the second floor. He said that, as he opened the lower door and began moving the chairs, TG heard him and came to look down from above. He believed she had heard him moving the obstruction and opening the door.

N alleged that TG threw the chairs at him from the second floor and repeatedly told him to leave. He said that one of the objects struck his left leg, specifically the thigh above the knee.

3. The Kitchen Step Stool

N identified the object that, according to him, struck his thigh as a kitchen step stool that he had made himself from solid oak. He described it as attractive in appearance but heavy, estimating its weight at approximately 10 kilograms.

He stated that the corner of the step stool struck his thigh above the knee. When asked about the distance from which it had been thrown, he estimated the distance from top to bottom at approximately 3.5–4 metres.

4. The Street Broom Allegation

N alleged that TG was above him on the stairs, poking him in the face with a street broom while he was trying to explain that he only wanted to retrieve his headphones. He said that she struck him twice in the face with the broom while he was ascending the stairs, and a further couple of times after he entered the apartment.

N described the contact as more like pushing with the brush than a forceful blow. He stated that the brush head, rather than the handle, made contact with his face. He compared this contact with the impact he attributed to the kitchen step stool, which he described as the harder impact.

5. Sequence and Duration as Described by N

N said that, after entering the apartment, TG was near the kitchen, where a child safety gate was located, and was still poking him in the face with the street broom. He stated that he took the broom away and tried to move TG farther away from him. He described the entire episode – from the throwing of the chairs to this exchange – as lasting approximately 30 seconds.

In his account, the sequence was: he opened the lower door and began moving the chairs; TG looked down from above and allegedly threw chairs, including the kitchen step stool; he went up and entered the apartment; TG allegedly continued to poke him with the broom; and he then took the broom away and retrieved his headphones.

Scope of this record

This page records the allegations N made against TG in the cited pre-trial statement. It does not determine whether those allegations are true, assess their reliability, or compare them with the account later presented at trial. Statements concerning TG’s injuries, third-party accounts, and other matters outside the allegations against TG are intentionally excluded.