Climber convicted of manslaughter after leaving girlfriend on Austria’s highest peak to get help
The court in Innsbruck handed Thomas P a five-month suspended prison sentence and a €9,400 fine over death of woman named as Kerstin GAn Austrian court has found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest summit, after he left her to fetch help when she could not go on.The case is unusual because while climbing accidents are common, prosecutions over them are rare. Continue reading...
The court in Innsbruck handed Thomas P a five-month suspended prison sentence and a €9,400 fine over death of woman named as Kerstin G
An Austrian court has found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death near Austria’s highest summit, after he left her to fetch help when she could not go on.
The case is unusual because while climbing accidents are common, prosecutions over them are rare. Continue reading...
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