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Kaprun funicular catastrophe: acquittals of 8 defendants confirmed
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[This thread has been re-titled, following the court's verdict - see 4th posting]
The November 2000 fire aboard the Kitzsteinhorn (Kaprun) underground funicular railway, which killed 155 skiers and snowboarders, eventually resulted in the acquittal of all those held responsible by Austrian prosecutors - 15 defendants in all.
An appeal case has now opened in Linz, in which the acquittals of 8 of the original defendants are being re-examined by a group of judges. The verdicts will either be upheld, changed, or a full retrial may take place. The original trial began in June 2002, but legal complications delayed its conclusion until February 2004.
Separate civil lawsuits have been issued against the companies involved, on behalf of over 100 victims' families, in both Austria and the USA.
This report from
Scotsman.com.
Background to this story:
Snowheads thread Feb-Nov 2004
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A snowHead on Tue 27-09-05 17:11; edited 5 times in total
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Obviously
A snowHead
isn't a real person
Sure it wasnt that long ago more like around 2000 ?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
stanton
, many thanks. Brain malfunction while typing [I dated the disaster at 1990 in the opening sentence] and have corrected the above to 2000.
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It's now reported that the appeal is over. The acquittals of eight defendants have now been confirmed by the Higher Regional Court in Linz.
This report from
Reuters.
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