Penalty for Parents Increased After 14-Year-Old Daughter's Cancer Death

The Klagenfurt Regional Court had sentenced the parents of the 14-year-old to a suspended prison sentence of twelve months for tormenting or neglecting. On Wednesday, the Graz Higher Regional Court (OLG) extended the sentence to 13.5 months each, suspended, following the cancer death of the girl, as the court announced in a press release.

Cancer Death of 14-Year-Old: Parents Trusted in Energy Healers

The death of the girl from Carinthia caused a stir throughout Austria. The 14-year-old was admitted to the Graz Clinic in February 2023. The emaciated child had several tumors throughout her body, which had severe effects, including jaundice, inability to swallow, and fear of suffocation because one of the tumors was pressing on the esophagus and trachea. Medical treatment and a biopsy had previously been refused; instead, the parents had visited energy healers, hand layers, and shamanic healers with their daughter.

The couple had "failed to provide their cancer-stricken daughter with the necessary medical treatment for several months and did not ensure adequate information about her illness, its progression, and treatment options," the OLG noted. Due to the lack of medical treatment, the 14-year-old suffered physical and mental anguish. After the first-instance verdict a year ago, both the defendants and the public prosecutor's office filed an appeal.

(APA/Red)

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