It was on October 27 last year that the police were alerted to an apartment in Vänersborg.

A woman in her 30s was found badly injured on the spot in the apartment and her life could not be saved.

Two children in the home

Early on, the suspicions were directed at the woman's cohabitant, who has been in custody since last autumn.

He is now charged with the murder of his partner but also two cases of a serious child peace violation.

The reason is that the man's two children of preschool age were in the apartment when the woman was killed.

The man has always denied murder and has during the preliminary investigation provided an account of what happened in the apartment at the end of October.

When the man was arrested, he had bandages around his hands.

- He will tell during the trial how this happened.

But for those who were at the arrest hearing, it was obvious that he had defended himself, says lawyer Per-Åke Kvarnström.

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Suspected murder of woman in Vänersborg - man arrested Photo: Robert Betzehag