The trial against the mother who locked her 12-year-old son in a dog crate several times starts on Monday at 9 a.m. at the regional court in Krems (Lower Austria). She also poured ice cold water on the boy. The student almost died from the torture. In addition to her mother, her former best friend is also in front of the jury. She is said to have given the instructions for the horrors. The “Krone” reports “live” of the process.
The spectacular trial against two mothers begins at nine o’clock. The suspect is a Lower Austrian woman who nearly tortured her then 12-year-old boy to death in 2022 – and her accomplice, her former best friend. The horror mother sometimes locked her son, whose upbringing she said was overwhelmed, in a dog crate. The victim had to stay there for several hours. She also poured ice-cold water on the boy and he had to sit on the balcony in the cold. She also allegedly let the child starve. On November 22, the boy’s body temperature was only 26.8 degrees and he fell into a coma. The charge is attempted murder.
The 33-year-old’s best friend is a co-suspect. “Yes, I have sometimes given disciplinary tips to the boy’s mother,” the second perpetrator, herself a mother of four, now admits: “I advised her to hit him and spray him with cold water when he attacked her. But I didn’t know to what extent she followed my suggestions.”
Women ‘commute’ on all three days of the trial
There will be a lot of hype with LG Krems. About thirty journalists – including foreign ones – will follow the trial. Because Krems prison is so full, the women housed in the Asten Forensic Center in Upper Austria are brought to trial on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday mornings and returned in the evening.
The suspect interrogations will take place early today. Witnesses to the horrific crime will be heard on Tuesday. The jury’s verdict will follow on Thursday after the expert reports.
The verdicts will be announced on Thursday
The horror mother, defended by lawyer Astrid Wagner, risks life imprisonment. For her former friend, represented by Sascha Flatz, the penalty is a maximum of 15 years in prison. Court psychiatrist Peter Hofmann testifies that the women are healthy, but in addition to a criminal conviction for dangerous behavior, he also asks for placement in a forensic therapeutic center.
Source: Krone
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