Two Afghan brothers tried in Germany for the assassination of their sister to whom he denied the right to lead a more independent life were sentenced on Thursday February 16 to life imprisonment.
The pair killed Maryam, 34, a mother of two, "
because she was increasingly slipping out of their control
", Judge Thomas Gross said as he handed down his verdict.
"Death warrant"
In her submissions, the prosecutor had described how the two brothers, aged 23 and 27, wanted to control "
as much as possible
" the young woman's life: they forced her to wear a headscarf, forbade her to have new relationships. after his divorce, searched his cell phone.
They also beat her several times.
The victim wanted to escape "
this prison
" and live freely, she had started a new romantic relationship.
"
It was tantamount to his death warrant
", explained the representative of the public prosecutor's office On July 13, 2021, the two men lured Maryam to the apartment of one of them in Berlin, covered her mouth and nose with tape tape and strangled her with a cloth.
According to the autopsy, they also slit his throat.
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After their crime, they put the body in a wheeled suitcase and took a taxi to a train station in Berlin, then boarded a train to Bavaria where they buried the body.
According to the prosecution, the brothers had bought the suitcase with their sister shortly before the facts.
Testimonies, mobile data and CCTV recordings from the station helped to confuse the murderers who had been living in Germany for several years.
The eldest was silent for a long time before confessing, during the trial, to having killed his sister, claiming that it was an argument that had degenerated.
He also claimed to have acted without his brother.
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