
14 years in prison for an Albanian from Kosovo for attempted murder of her ex-husband. Switzerland's highest level of justice, the Federal Court, has rejected the appeal of the 56-year-old mother of four grown children. She has confirmed 14 years in prison along with her twelve-year deportation from the country.
In April 2018, the woman from Kosovo lured her ex-husband, who at that time no longer lived with the family, to her home. He intended to start a new life with his girlfriend.
On that occasion, the woman had given the man a drugged drink. When she saw that he was still alive the following morning, she tried to suffocate him with a mobile phone charger (cable), writes sda.ch. However, the girl managed to pull her mother back, according to a federal court ruling released Monday.
Lausanne judges support the decision of the lower cantonal court of Zurich that the act should not be classified as attempted murder, but as murder. The woman had recently bought the drugs for the poisonous cocktail. And what's more, when she found him alive the next day and tried to strangle him, she acted with intent to kill.
The motive for the attempted murder is, according to the federal court, the affected pride of the author, who could not stand that her husband left her for another woman. The man had also announced that he would transfer the real estate to his new partner.
The Federal High Court also rejected the request to waive the author's deportation from the state. The legal requirements for this have been met. There is no "case of difficulty" at this point, despite the fact that the woman has lived for decades in Switzerland, reports albinfo.ch. She has regularly gone to Kosovo and speaks the language so reintegration there will be possible.
The convicted had no chance of a further appeal to the Federal Supreme Court. She had appealed against the acquittal of her husband on charges of sexual assault and rape.
The Federal Supreme Court supports the arguments of the lower court in Zurich, according to which the statements made by the woman are not reliable. Her descriptions were very contradictory.