Lawyers, court psychiatrists and even child protection organizations are defending the outcome of the trial. The Public Prosecution Service has also waived an appeal. The judge’s decision is final! But the lenient sentence is celebrated on pedophile forums, emphasizes a child protection activist. The readers of “Krone” are also angry. They call for tougher punishments for pedophiles and point to a celebrity factor.
“The verdict is balanced and appropriate,” explains Teichtmeister’s lawyer Rudolf Mayer. “My client voluntarily sought treatment,” Mayer continued. He is a lawyer and adheres to the current legal situation, the lawyer said in conversation with Katja Wagner on krone.tv.
Almost all lawyers agree on one thing: the suspended sentence imposed was predictable: “Given the maximum sentence of three years, the sentence can actually be regarded as severe. For first offenders who confess, the penalty is usually the first third of the possible fine amount,” says lawyer Timo Gerersdorfer. The level of punishment will change soon: the National Council will decide on tightening the law in the autumn.
A prison sentence does not automatically improve the protection of victims
Still, Mayer is convinced that the protection of the children would not automatically be better if pedophiles go to prison. Because many who get a prison sentence would lie to the psychiatrists in prison in order to get out quickly. Teichtmeister is willing to be cured. “My client knows it won’t be a problem for years to come,” says Mayer.
Social exclusion is like ‘a thundercloud’
After all, social exclusion hangs over him like a thundercloud. The fall from top to bottom is also a problem for Teichtmeister. The public prosecutor also has no objection to the verdict, which has led to discussion and does not mean a day’s imprisonment.
The Public Prosecution Service announced on Wednesday that it would not appeal. The judgment of the court is thus confirmed. The well-known forensic psychiatrist Sigrun Rossmanith also knows from her 45 years of experience as a forensic psychiatrist that the perpetrators must identify themselves. Therapy is just the railing. Time will tell if he can do without it. Why wouldn’t he get that chance? Every addict remains latently addicted. The best protection for children remains an intact parental home,” said Rossmanith.
The accused celebrity was able to score with his confession in court. Even the Austrian child protection centers are not angry: “It is relevant to us that he confessed and took responsibility,” says managing director Martina Wolf.
People are less understanding
Who has not heard them in recent days, in the subway, in the coffee house or at the family table – the amazement at the suspended sentence for Florian Teichtmeister: “It really cannot be that nothing actually happens”, thus the general tenor. Contrary to many lawyers, who find the verdict harsh or appropriate, the majority of the population thinks it is much too lenient, as is also evident from the numerous letters to the editors that have reached the ‘Krone’. Because the 43-year-old has not done anything about his pedo-sadistic addiction for years. Only when his partner warned the police about domestic violence in 2021 did he show co-operation.
‘Theft of chewing gum in the supermarket will be punished more severely’
The question of the day on krone.at: “Teichtmeister doesn’t have to go to prison – do you think that’s fair?” was answered with NO by 85 percent of the 30,694 eligible voters.
Here’s an excerpt from the comments in the chat: “Two years probation… Really now? It feels like stealing gum from a supermarket in Austria is punished more heavily than a crime of violence,” wrote a reader of “Krone”. wonder how many pedophiles are out there” Until now I understood a good lifestyle something else! But who knows who is integrated in this case, that you come to such a judgment…” another user suspects that he has benefited of the celebrity factor.
“Life imprisonment for pedophiles because, as has been written many times, pedophilia cannot be cured. Drugs and alcohol, as well as cleanliness, are no reason not to lock this person up!” read a message.
“As a mother I am shocked”
“I am a mother and I am shocked that this handsome looking man has commented on photos of children with murderous fantasies.” “I wonder how many people are so friendly from the outside,” read another post.
“The man will not have to go to prison for a day, I knew that in advance. I see how this verdict is celebrated on pedophile forums,” says German activist Carsten Stahl of the Alliance for Child Protection, who criticizes our judiciary.
He does not understand why child protection in society does not have the same priority as climate protection. Behind the 70,000 files are 70,000 souls being abused by people like Mr. Teichtmeister…
Source: Krone
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