Thought I read one here. But elsewhere it is reported, with Mail giving the most information.( Mail was the only place besides Mumsnet and JKR who dared question the S'Wall new religion) According to them, man had phone, and signal works right to top of mountain.
But he did not attempt to call rescue, when, according to his story, the girl became exhausted and needed rescue. By chance or because they had observed the two climbers, a rescue helecopter also hovered above, but he ignored them.
In his kit was the tent and blanket needed to keep anyone safe and warm, awaiting rescue. He did not use either of these items to protect her from the sub zero temperature.
He was an experienced climber, she was not, and was wearing unsuitable clothes including snow shoes instead of mountain boots.. He said he had roped the girl to stop her falling. She was found to have dangled upside down for two hours, also to have some part of her kit undone, and no gloves.
According to the Mail, a previous girlfriend had also been left to die by the same man at the same spot.
In another report (maybe Times or Telegraph) the verdict was negligence but not homicide or manslaughter, and there was prison, just a suspended sentence, which was reduced, because the accused had suffered, by being "bereaved" of the girlfriend he was assumed to have loved.
This was from the female judge.
Even the girl's own mother was apparently eagerly defending him in court, saying it was unfair to prosecute him at all.
What explanation? Magnetic charm?
One side thought is that according to whichever source first published the story, Austrian law bans publication of full names of accused or victims. ("To protect anonymity") But that would mean that most of the local public would not be able to tell the police, prosecutors or court, in any criminal or potentially criminal case, that they knew extra information about the people involved. That would potentially increase injustice in any area, but in particular, repeat offending VAWAG is relevant to readers of this thread.