Start of Trial in Kellermayr Case Postponed
Instead of starting on March 5, the trial against the 61-year-old German will now begin on March 26. A total of four trial days are planned, and a verdict is expected on April 9, according to the Wels Regional Court on Tuesday. The reason for the postponement is the defendant's unavailability. Lisa-Maria Kellermayr committed suicide after the threats made against her.
Kellermayr Case: 61-Year-Old Allegedly Threatened Doctor
The defendant is accused of having threatened the doctor in four emails and three Twitter messages between February and July 2022. He is said to have announced that he would put her before a yet-to-be-established "people's tribunal" and bring her "to the dock and then surely to prison". If convicted, the man, who is already known in Germany, faces one to ten years in prison. The vaccination advocate Kellermayr had received threats by email and via social media - presumably from the anti-vaccination scene - for months during the Corona pandemic. On November 22, 2021, she filed a complaint for the first time. In the summer of 2022, she closed her practice for security reasons. A few weeks later, she took her own life.
If you are in a desperate life situation and need help, talk to other people about it. The suicide prevention portal of the Ministry of Health offers help for people with suicidal thoughts and their relatives. Contact details of help facilities in Austria can be found at www.suizid-praevention.gv.at.
(APA/Red)
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