Son locked in dog box: Torturous mother faces life sentence in Austria

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The mother locked her child in a dog crate. (symbol image)

The case caused public outrage in Austria: a mother (32) from Lower Austria allegedly beat, tied, gagged and repeatedly locked her twelve-year-old son in a dog crate from early September to November 2022. for hours.

She also allegedly starved the child, poured cold water on him several times and then opened the apartment windows for hours in subzero temperatures.

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When a social worker found the boy just in time on November 23, his body temperature was only 26.8 degrees Celsius and he was in a coma.

Charges of attempted murder

The mother was arrested in November 2022 and has since been held in custody in Krems, west of Vienna. According to the police, the boy’s health has now improved.

In the meantime, the 32-year-old is awaiting trial. She faces a life sentence for attempted murder, as “Ö24” reports.

“Death was never consciously accepted”

She may not end up in prison, but in a psychiatric hospital. According to a legal expert, the woman suffers from delusions. Accordingly, she is not healthy. Her lawyer Astrid Wagner also follows the argument. The lawyer about Ö24: “She never consciously accepted the death of the child.”

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Research is not only conducted on the mother. In the summer of 2023, it became known that the police had already arrested a woman (40) from the mother’s area in March. After viewing chats, she is suspected of complicity. (jmh/AFP)

Source: Blick

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