The fight took place in early August. “After the umpteenth verbal and physical altercation during the dance party, the defendant attacked the victim with a knife he had previously brought from his home and stabbed her at least six times in the head and neck, knowing that such acts could result in death.” Without prompt assistance and surgery urgently, the victim will die,” said prosecutor Marek Vagai.

Smetana pleaded not guilty before the criminal panel of the Brno court and described in detail the cruelty he suffered on that fateful night from acquaintances from the same city. That said, they had several conflicts during entertainment and, according to Smetana, it was he who was beaten.

“I was so drunk I didn’t want to take a shower. I knew I had no chance,” he told the court.

When he comes home from the party and sees in the mirror how his fist has marked him with his juices from the previous fight, he grabs a knife, saying that he will take his revenge by stabbing a tire.

“But they just came out, we started screaming again and he just started hitting me,” he explained, adding that “somehow automatically” he reached into his pocket and brandished a knife. “But nobody targeted me. I was hit from one side and the other, then stopped and he said: you stabbed me,” Smetana explained.

The man who was stabbed himself doesn’t remember much of that fateful weekend. He admitted that he had been involved in several fights with the accused. According to him, the bloody clashes occurred when he was walking home with neighbors. “There in the shop Roman was standing in front of me, he didn’t say anything. I told him if it wasn’t enough for him, and then I don’t remember anything,” he shrugs.

The Senate chaired by Petr Jirsa will issue a ruling on the case after hearing other experts and witnesses.