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Man who left girlfriend to freeze to death on mountain gets suspended sentence

Webcam feed shows Thomas P descending Grossglockner in the early hours of January 19, 2025.  (foto-webcam.au)

An amateur mountaineer has been convicted of manslaughter in Austria after his girlfriend froze to death when the couple attempted to climb the country's biggest mountain.

The 37-year-old man, who has not been named by the court and pleaded not guilty, received a suspended sentence of five months.

The judge said the woman would almost certainly have survived "if the appropriate measures had been taken," for example making an emergency call earlier or turning back.

An Austrian court has convicted an amateur mountaineer of manslaughter after his girlfriend froze to death on Austria's highest mountain after he left her to fetch help when she could not go on.

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The decision of an Austrian court to convict an amateur climber of manslaughter after he had left his girlfriend behind to die on an Alpine peak in winter is certain to be examined closely throughout Europe.

In his decision in Innsbruck, the judge, Norbert Hofer – a climber, and an expert in Austrian law relating to the mountains – ruled that the “galaxies-wide” disparity in experience and skills between Thomas P and his late girlfriend Kerstin G meant he had been de facto acting as her mountain guide “as a favour” despite no financial arrangement having been involved.

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