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Climber charged with manslaughter after ‘leaving girlfriend to die’ on Austria’s highest peak (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 56 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He also allegedly failed to move his girlfriend to a position where she would be sheltered from the wind or to give her their bivouac sleeping bag or aluminium foil blankets to keep her warm before he left.

Homeboy is either a murderer or is so inept he shouldn't be allowed to hike to the top of the stairs.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Or he was also impared

[–] KingGimpicus@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago

The entire article is written as if this woman was a completely incapable, helpless invalid.

How did she even get that far up the mountain without her boyfriend/guide/hike chaperone telling her to put her left foot in front of her right foot? Clearly this attendant should have realized she needed to be carried and bottle fed. He didn't even complain for her about how cold it was when she was getting sleepy. Very sloppy work.

[–] MareOfNights@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I mean, let's see what the court says, but I don't think this is a clear cut case.

[–] awaysaway@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

agreed. is there a duty of care between climbing partners?

not commenting on the ethics here but very curious to see what was legally required of him.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't remember the names, but there was a case in America of a white cop shooting a black man and it sure as hell sounded like cold-blooded murder. What actually came out in court was a whole different deal. Then no one spoke of it again.

[–] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

There have been a number of cases like that. Locally, there was a case where the white cop showed up to the scene. Within 30 seconds, he shot and killed the 16-year-old black girl (Ma'Khia Bryant) that had called police in the first place. It was shaping up to be another large race relations issue.

Promptly, they released the body cam footage. It showed a chaotic scene, and a need for split-second decisions. It didn't silence all concerns, but it also showed that it wasn't just another racist cop murdering people.

The point is, people are rushing to judge the guy on the mountain. While it certainly looks bad, we haven't even heard his story yet. There could (potentially) be very valid reasons for his actions.