Berlin: He wished to “punish” his spouse and killed her in entrance of the kids – courtroom sentences man to life imprisonment | EUROtoday

A person in Berlin has been sentenced to life in jail for a deadly kitchen knife assault on his estranged spouse. According to a spokeswoman, the regional courtroom within the federal capital assumed in its reasoning on Monday that the homicide had been primarily based on base motives and spoke of a “femicide”. The 45-year-old acted out of anger that his spouse didn’t wish to absolutely observe his needs.

According to the presiding choose, the defendant thought-about it his proper to “punish” his accomplice for her habits and even thought-about himself entitled to “take her life.” According to the courtroom’s findings, it was additionally a merciless occasion: the accused dedicated the crime within the presence of their 4 youngsters and watched “passively” as the kids tried to revive their dying mom. He additionally advised his eight-year-old son that he would “buy him a new mother.”

The crime passed off in April final yr within the sufferer’s condo within the Britz district of Berlin; the person stabbed him 5 occasions with a kitchen knife after an argument. The 37-year-old then fled into the stairwell of the condo constructing, the place she bled to dying regardless of her youngsters’s determined efforts. Her suspected husband was arrested within the constructing by police forces.

Second marriage beneath Islamic regulation – however he returned once more

According to courtroom data, the household comes from Afghanistan and got here to Germany in 2015. The man and the girl had been married in accordance with Islamic rites since 2003, however the marriage had been “conflict-ridden”, particularly since their arrival in Germany, as a result of suspect’s jealousy, violence and controlling habits.

The husband forbade his spouse to take a German course. At the top of 2024, he divorced in accordance with Islamic rites and remarried in accordance with Islamic rites. According to German regulation, the divorce had not but been finalized. Since he did not like the brand new relationship, the person wished to win again his former spouse and mom of their youngsters. According to the courtroom, nonetheless, she “at least did not want to follow the plans completely”. That was additionally the background to the crime.

The defendant remained silent throughout the trial. The verdict corresponded to the prosecutor’s calls for. The protection had pleaded for manslaughter and a corresponding jail sentence of between 5 and 15 years. The verdict is just not but closing, appeals are doable.