An Austrian judge on Thursday found the former president of the constitutional court guilty in a defamation case linked to an infamous kidnapping victim. Ludwig Adamovich, who also heads a commission examining the abduction, appeared in court in the Austrian capital after suggesting that Natascha Kampusch's captivity was better than what she went through beforehand. Kampusch was snatched off a Vienna street in 1998 and held in a windowless cell until she escaped at age 18 in August 2006. Her kidnapper, Wolfgang Priklopil, committed suicide hours after she fled. Kampusch's mother filed the lawsuit. Judge Birgit Schneider ordered Adamovich to pay a (EURO)10,000 fine ($14,407), half of which will be suspended. His lawyer Christoph Herbst announced he would appeal. 'It's still a pending case because we're challenging the ruling,' Herbst told The Associated Press. During the Christmas Eve hearing, Adamovich continued to express doubts about Kampusch's childhood and said there were indications her captivity may not have been as 'dark' as it has appeared to be, APA reported. Among other things, he referenced a list of places outside Kampusch's cell that she had supposedly been to -- including a swimming pool next to Priklopil's home. 