Animal cruelty trial
Ötztal “pigsty”: defense lawyer wants a turnaround
A Tyrolean farmer (46) is alleged to have kept a large number of animals in deplorable conditions. The continuation of the trial for animal cruelty has been abandoned for the time being. But the defense played another card.
An alternate juror had canceled on Sunday evening at short notice because he did not feel mentally up to the animal cruelty trial. In addition, one of the main jurors did not show up without an excuse. "Now we have the worst possible situation," groaned Judge Andreas Mair, chairman of the jury senate.
Now we have the worst possible situation.
Richter Andreas Mair zum Nicht-Erscheinen eines Geschworenen
Witnesses and blogger Markus Wilhelm, who got the ball rolling with others at the time, appeared in vain at the Innsbruck Regional Court.
Unworthy conditions for animals for a long time
Between July and August 2022, the first defendant is said to have kept around fifteen chickens in a completely unsuitable barn. In September, he allegedly failed to muck out the stalls of four cattle. His goats were no better off either: according to the indictment, they were simply left on the mountain pasture after the onset of winter.
In short: it was allegedly a real "pigsty" in the Ötztal. The barn was cleared on January 13, 2023. But before that, the official veterinarian (53) is said to have left it too long with fruitless admonitions - abuse of authority and contribution to animal cruelty?
Request for a psychiatric report
Despite being adjourned, the case then took a turn for the worse: the defense lawyer requested a psychiatric report for the first defendant. She suggested that he might have been very impaired or not sane at all during the time of the crime. Continuation with a full panel of lay judges.
Kommentare
Willkommen in unserer Community! Eingehende Beiträge werden geprüft und anschließend veröffentlicht. Bitte achten Sie auf Einhaltung unserer Netiquette und AGB. Für ausführliche Diskussionen steht Ihnen ebenso das krone.at-Forum zur Verfügung. Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.
User-Beiträge geben nicht notwendigerweise die Meinung des Betreibers/der Redaktion bzw. von Krone Multimedia (KMM) wieder. In diesem Sinne distanziert sich die Redaktion/der Betreiber von den Inhalten in diesem Diskussionsforum. KMM behält sich insbesondere vor, gegen geltendes Recht verstoßende, den guten Sitten oder der Netiquette widersprechende bzw. dem Ansehen von KMM zuwiderlaufende Beiträge zu löschen, diesbezüglichen Schadenersatz gegenüber dem betreffenden User geltend zu machen, die Nutzer-Daten zu Zwecken der Rechtsverfolgung zu verwenden und strafrechtlich relevante Beiträge zur Anzeige zu bringen (siehe auch AGB). Hier können Sie das Community-Team via unserer Melde- und Abhilfestelle kontaktieren.