In this case, which shocked the Alpine country, The 33-year-old defendant was found guilty of attempted murder, torture of minors and kidnapping, following seven hours of deliberations on Thursday night, February 29.
A 40-year-old friend of his, an alleged accomplice, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for having incited “continuous resort to violence” once morest the boy with chat messages and phone calls.
The court ordered his confinement in a forensic therapy center, since the psychiatric expertise demonstrated “serious and lasting psychological disorders”, without abolishing the “capacity for discernment.”
The boy, now 13 years old, was “completely destroyed,” estimated the president of the criminal court.
During the trial, The accused stated that she simply wanted to “discipline” her son and said she “was terribly saddened by what happened,” according to the agency. WHAT.
On November 22, 2022, the child was found in a coma, with hypothermia, and taken to the hospital. The next day, the mother, single and unemployed, was arrested in Krems, west of Vienna.
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For several months, he had sprayed the boy with cold water while opening the apartment windows despite the below-freezing temperatures outside. His body temperature dropped to 26.8 ºC.
The youngest, saved in extremis, weighed 40 kilos.
He also beat him, deprived him of food, tied him up, and locked him in a dog carrier.
During the hearing, videos of the accused were shown in which the child was seen unable to move and speak.
The defense pointed out possible failures by the authorities when the school had issued insistent reports.
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A few weeks before his hospitalization, the boy had run away and asked a family to take him in.
According to the Austrian newspaper Der Standard, the police took him home once more.
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