Life imprisonment for honor killings in Lessebo
The district court considers that the prosecutor « has convincingly shown that a motive for the murder was to restore the family’s honor », which is considered aggravating in an assessment of the penalty value.
Father is sentenced to life imprisonment While the big brother, who has been under strong influence by his father, is sentenced to 16 years in prison.
The 22-year-old lived under threats from her Afghan family, who tried to control her and limited what she was allowed to do and who she was allowed to spend time with. She also accused the father of sexual abuse.
She married the parents’ will and was given a protected identity and new name, Lima instead of Shahida. But last spring, she was persuaded by the family to move back home.
The 23-year-old big brother has acknowledged that he stroked his sister after his father « forced him ». Both were in the car where the murder happened, and the mother was also on the spot. One would speak out of Lima’s accusations against the father, but in fact the father and the big brother had planned to kill her.
The father has through all interrogations Denied involvement, while the big brother finally broke down and told us what happened. The mother also told us, but she stated that she did not know what was going to happen, and that she was abused by her husband when she tried to help her daughter.
« However, the district court has found that the son’s and his wife’s information had such support in the technical evidence that it was beyond reasonable doubt that the father participated in the murder in such a way that he should also be regarded as a perpetrator, » writes Växjö District Court in a comment on the judgment.
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