Justice High court judges murder case in Kehrsatz after circumstantial evidence trial
A 39-year-old man has been on trial before the Bernese High Court since Monday. He is alleged to have strangled his 29-year-old wife in her sleep in December 2022. At first instance, he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment.
20.10.2025, 09:05
SDA
The defendant had always denied the crime. He also lodged an appeal against the first-instance verdict.
A year ago, the Regional Court of Bern-Mittelland found "the circumstantial evidence overwhelming". The accused, a trainee paramedic, had administered a strong sedative to his wife and then strangled her.
The man, who belonged to a free church, then did everything he could to make the woman's death appear to be a suicide. He had been in an extramarital relationship at the time. The alleged suicide of his wife would have been an "elegant solution" that would not have caused him to lose face.
