Boy tortured for months

The defense strategies of the tormentors

Gerhard was held captive - bound and gagged - in this dog box.(Bild: zVg)

A schoolboy from Lower Austria was allegedly tortured almost to death by his mother and her best friend in 2022. The trial against the two women will now begin in the Krems Regional Court in a month's time. Both persistently blame each other for the atrocity.

When one of the most sensational trials of the year begins on February 26 in Krems Regional Court, most of the spectators in the courtroom will be astonished. Because Sabine K. (33) and Regine G. (names changed), who is seven years older, will not appear strong and powerful - as the charges against them suggest - but shy and insecure. In her appearance; barely made up, in "good clothes". In her humble behavior.

No one suspected the monstrous offenses
It was probably precisely because of this inconspicuous appearance that the two Lower Austrians had managed to be considered completely harmless for so long. And no one, not even those closest to them, could have guessed what monstrous offenses they were capable of until their arrest.