Strangled Baby in Vienna Hotel: Suspended Sentence for Mother Final

Last week, a 21-year-old woman from Burgenland was sentenced to 16 months probation at the Vienna Regional Court for the killing of a child at birth (§ 79 StGB). The verdict is now final. After the young woman, who agreed to the verdict in the courtroom, the prosecution also accepted the probation sentence. This was announced by the media office of the regional court upon APA's request.

Strangled after birth: Mother was in a state of mental exception

The woman gave birth to the boy on December 9, 2024, in the restroom facility of a hotel in Vienna-Simmering, without having known about her pregnancy until then. After a precipitous birth, she strangled the healthy boy. A psychiatric report acknowledged that she was in a state of mental exception. She was "significantly impaired" and in a "restricted state."

(APA/Red)

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