Trial/Court Father-in-law shows remorse at murder trial in Muttenz BL
The trial for murder against a 60-year-old man began on Wednesday morning in Muttenz BL. The accused is said to have killed his daughter-in-law four and a half years ago. He asked for forgiveness in court.
11.12.2024, 09:49
SDA
He himself did not know why and how the whole thing had happened, said the accused at the start of the trial. He was not a person who would destroy his own family.
"I regret it very much and ask for forgiveness," he said. The 60-year-old Kosovar also expressed his condolences to the relatives of his deceased daughter-in-law.
According to the indictment from the public prosecutor's office in Basel, the accused allegedly killed his 24-year-old daughter-in-law with numerous stab wounds in his apartment in Pratteln BL in June 2020.
According to the indictment, the homicide was preceded by differences with the daughter-in-law, who had married the defendant's son in Kosovo in July 2015 in a double wedding with his brother.
The verdict is to be announced on Monday afternoon.
