Salzburg man sentenced

Nine years imprisonment after abuse of daughter

On Wednesday, a 56-year-old man from Salzburg was sentenced to an unconditional prison sentence of nine years by a panel of lay judges at the Salzburg Provincial Court on charges of serious sexual abuse of minors. The man is said to have repeatedly abused his daughter.

Between May 2010 and December 2013, he is said to have repeatedly performed acts similar to sexual intercourse. The girl was five to eight years old during this period.

The daughter suffered post-traumatic stress disorder. The father is also alleged to have filmed a sexual assault, which is why he was also convicted of "pictorial sexual child abuse material and pictorial sexual depictions of minors".

Judgment not final
According to the indictment, the criminal acts always took place when the mother of the child to whom the man was married was not at home. The accused, who lives in Tennengau, initially denied the crime during the investigation, but confessed after the victim was questioned. 

As neither the public prosecutor's office nor the defense made a statement on the verdict, it is not legally binding.