US EditionAustrian court convicts man whose girlfriend died as they climbed the country’s highest mountain
Thomas Plamberger received a suspended five-month sentence and €9,600 fine after neglecting safety measures during a winter climb that led to his partner's hypothermia death, court said.
- An Austrian court found a mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend's death from cold after he left her to fetch help near Austria's highest summit.
- The trial raised questions about legal liability in the dangerous high mountains, which climbers explore at their own risk.
- The defendant, who pleaded not guilty, told the court he was 'so terribly sorry'.
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Mountaineer Convicted of Leaving Girlfriend to Die on Mountain
The mountaineer who left his girlfriend to die in freezing temperatures while climbing a mountain in Austria has been convicted of negligent manslaughter. The post VIDEO: Mountaineer Convicted of Leaving Girlfriend to Die on Austrian Mountain appeared first on Breitbart.
A woman died of hypothermia after a partner left her alone to seek help. The court pointed to 'severe neglect' of the river by errors in planning, equipment and delay in asking for redemption
A court in Austria found the climber guilty of the death of his girlfriend, who he left on the side of the mountain during the storm to go for help, wrote The Guardian, who was sentenced to a suspended sentence of five months and a fine of 9,400 euros.
A 33-year-old mountain climber died of hypothermia in January 2025 on the Grossglockner, Austria's highest summit. Her companion, who had come down alone in the night to seek help, was sentenced to five months' suspended imprisonment. The court found that the couple were ill prepared and that the man should have turned around earlier. - He had abandoned his companion at the top of a mountain: an Austrian convicted for "involuntary homicide" (Pol…
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