Austrian climber found guilty after girlfriend froze to death on mountain

The woman died of hypothermia during a climbing trip on the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025.

An Austrian court 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 continue. The court handed him a five-month suspended prison sentence and a €9,400 fine for causing her death in January 2025 by gross negligence.

An Austrian court has found an amateur mountaineer guilty of manslaughter over his girlfriend’s death near the nation’s highest summit, where he had left her to fetch help. The court in Innsbruck gave Thomas P a five-month suspended prison sentence and a €9,400 fine for causing the woman’s death in January 2025 by gross negligence.

The court in Innsbruck handed the Austrian man a five-month suspended prison sentence and a €9,400 fine for causing her death in January 2025 by gross negligence, an offence that carries a maximum prison sentence of three years.

Thomas Plamberger, 39, was found guilty of gross negligent manslaughter after leaving his 33-year-old girlfriend, Kerstin Gurtner, to die of hypothermia just 150 feet below the 12,500-foot summit of Grossglockner. He received a five-month suspended sentence and a fine of €9,600.

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An Austrian court convicted a 37-year-old man of manslaughter after his girlfriend died from hypothermia during a climb of the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025. The court imposed a five-month suspended sentence and a €9,600 fine, citing the man's failure to take appropriate emergency measures.

An Austrian court convicted a 37-year-old man of manslaughter after his girlfriend died from hypothermia during a climb of the Grossglockner mountain in January 2025. The court imposed a five-month suspended sentence and a €9,600 fine, citing the man's failure to take appropriate emergency measures.

An Austrian climber was found guilty of gross negligent manslaughter after his girlfriend froze to death on the Grossglockner mountain. The court sentenced him to a five-month suspended prison term and a €9,400 fine, highlighting his responsibility as the more experienced climber.

An Austrian climber was found guilty of manslaughter after his girlfriend froze to death on the Grossglockner mountain during a climbing trip. The court imposed a five-month suspended sentence and a €9,400 fine, citing the man's failure to take appropriate emergency measures.