Czech man sentenced to three and a half years for child abuse in sauna
A 46-year-old Czech man was sentenced to three years and five months in prison by the Upper Regional Court of Linz – he had filmed children in a sauna and sexually abused his own daughters.
Hidden camera in smoke detector: conviction at Upper Regional Court of Linz
According to Google News AT — Crime, a 46-year-old Czech man was sentenced to three years and five months imprisonment in second instance by the Upper Regional Court of Linz in late February 2026. The man had sexually abused his two underage daughters and is also said to have filmed children in a sauna – at a time when his appeal hearing for sexual abuse was already pending.
The film recordings were made using a camera hidden in a smoke detector. According to the report, the offences were committed despite the ongoing proceedings, which the court regarded as particularly serious.
The defendant's defence counsel emphasised during the hearing that his client was in regular employment and was employed in his wife's hotel business. The Upper Regional Court of Linz nevertheless upheld the conviction on appeal and increased the sentence.
Source: Google News AT — Crime (de)