Reuters
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An Austrian court late Thursday found a 37-year-old amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter for his girlfriend’s death of cold near Austria’s highest summit after he left her to get help, local media reported.
The case is unusual because while climbing accidents are common, prosecutions over them are rare, even in situations like this one where various mistakes were made.
The court in the western city of Innsbruck handed the Austrian man a five-month suspended prison sentence and a 9,400 euro ($11,100) fine for causing her death in January 2025 by gross negligence, an offense that carries a maximum prison sentence of three years.
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