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Stuttgart (dpa / lsw) - She wanted to live in freedom in Germany, he stabbed her for it - after the bloody death of a 42-year-old woman in Stuttgart, the district court convicted her husband of murder.
The chamber imposed a life sentence.
The 53-year-old had killed his wife on a S-Bahn platform with a kitchen knife last summer.
According to the court, the woman wanted to separate from him.
Before the crime, she was repeatedly beaten and threatened by her husband.
The 53-year-old Afghan, who fled Iran to Germany with his family in 2015, had denied the act to the end.
He suffered a “crash landing” with his male-dominated understanding of roles in Germany, the judge said when the verdict was announced on Thursday.
He couldn't bear to see his wife discover new freedoms here.
He wanted to kill his wife to restore his honor.
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