An unidentified woman has been sentenced to 4 months improvement for fatally infecting her neighbor with COVID-19 in 2021, Edum News reports.
The judge on Thursday, sentenced the 54-year-old to four months’ suspended imprisonment and an 800-euro fine ($886.75) for grossly negligent homicide.
It was gathered that this is her second pandemic-related conviction in a year.
The victim, according to local news, was also a cancer patient, and died of pneumonia that was caused by the coronavirus, transmitted to her by the suspect.
An expert told the court that a virological report showed that the virus DNA matched both the deceased and the 54-year-old woman, proving that the defendant “almost 100 percent” transmitted it.
“I feel sorry for you personally — I think that something like this has probably happened hundreds of times.
“But you are unlucky that an expert has determined with almost absolute certainty that it was an infection that came from you,” the judge stated.
The verdict is however, not final, and the names of the victim and defendant were not released in line with Austrian privacy rules.
Written by Hope James
