(Traunstein) A 30 year old Afghan man who murdered a 38 year
old mother of 3 also from Afghanistan, received a life sentence (15 years)
yesterday, he will also be deported on
his release.
The man, fatally stabbed the 38-year-old woman, in front of
a supermarket in the Bavarian town of Prien am Chiemsee in April last year. The
act was carried in front of the woman's
sons, aged 5 and 11 at the time. She had converted to Christianity while still
in Afghanistan, had lived in the town since 2011 and was involved in the Protestant
church community and barely knew her attacker.
In court the man's lawyer, had appealed for leniency, saying
his client had from an early age faced violence, blood and death." The
attacker, who is illiterate and had undergone psychiatric treatment before the
murder, claimed that the woman had called on him several times to convert to
Christianity as well. He said this had been hard for him to accept as a Muslim
and "disturbed his mind.", that said his story has changed, initially
he stated he had acted out of frustration about his looming deportation as a
rejected asylum seeker. That was followed by he couldn’t remember killing the
woman, then after a quick visit from his lawyer
his excuse changed to the one present above. That she had tried to
convert him. Despite openly stating he barely knew her.
The oldest son of the victim told reporters present at the
reading of the sentence that he hoped the accused would "receive the
punishment he deserved" and not be sent back to Afghanistan, where he
would be "celebrated for what he had done."
