Penal Labor Required for Indoor Climbing Accident

Eighty hours of community service and a suspended imprisonment of six months. That is the requirement of the prosecution against a 26-year-old woman who caused a serious accident in indoor climbing.

That happened in March 2008 in climbing hall Between Heaven and Earth. There was a woman down a climbing wall, making them seriously injured. The defendant was the insurer of the victim. While her partner climb at approximately 12 meter above the ground was, it was a moment of inattention in the rope that connected the two together. When the victim wanted to hang the rope, she fell down. She ran a large number of fractures.

According to the prosecutor there was “more than slight negligence”and” a gross level of debt”to the side of the accused. “The climber places his life in the hands of the insurer and may have the highest degree of care expected of him.”The suspect said Monday that they do not know why she has loosened the rope.” I can not remember that whole time ”. She said she probably fully automatic pilot acted. A psychiatrist who examined her, has also concluded.

The sport climber told that her partner the whole time has kept a close eye. While they gave a certain point or a set of instructions to a boy next to her on the climb, but she said,”certainly not all conversations have conducted.

The lawyer for the defendant argued that his client has the rope in an automatic detached. She had that he has often done so that the slightest distraction that act could cause. He also said that its law enforcement side nothing to blame and demanded acquittal.

In May 2008 there was a similar accident happened in the same indoor climbing. Then came a 39-year-old wife of 12 meter height down. She died of her injuries. The insurer who caused the accident was ultimately imposed no penalty because the judge considered that a penalty would serve no purpose.

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