He is facing manslaughter charges.
The trial unfolding in Innsbruck has drawn national attention across Austria and beyond, not only because it involves the country’s highest mountain but because it centers on an intensely personal tragedy now scrutinized through the lens of criminal law. Thirty-nine-year-old climber Thomas Plamberger stands accused of gross negligent manslaughter following the death of his partner, thirty-three-year-old Kerstin…