Germany: Palestinian beat up pregnant woman because of allegedly earlier bad experiences in Israeli detention

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Mohammed I. (32) faces a number of charges, including dangerous bodily harm, coercion, threats and attempted abortion. According to the prosecution, the defendant beat his stepdaughter Sara F. (23, name changed). “He directly set to abort a pregnancy,” says prosecutor Svetlana Kitz (40).

Yesterday, the trial before the Dresden District Court. Mohammed I. – according to his own statements “Palestinian citizen” – is married to Amira S. (42) from Syria according to Islamic law. Their daughter Sara S. is pregnant with their fourth child. The other three children (1 to 4 years old) are looked after more often by their grandmother.

The stepdaughter in court: “On December 16, 2022, I came in the evening at 10 p.m. from the hairdresser, my children were with my mother, I wanted to spend the night there with them.” Mohammed I. is said to have been generally opposed to the grandchildren being with their grandmother so often. ” This resulted in a quarrel. When I also raised my voice, he hit me on the head with a child’s shovel, pushed me out the door,” says Sara S.

The mother calls her daughter back in. The argument escalates: “He slapped me, punched me in the stomach. He knew I was 13 weeks pregnant. Then he threatened me with a kitchen knife, saying he would kill my ex-boyfriend and me. He acted very aggressively,” says the young mother.

Mohammed I. admitted only to the blows with the plastic shovel; his wife claimed not to have witnessed a knife or blows to the stomach. The Palestinian ended up in custody, where he went on the rampage in his cell, throwing a chair at court officials, who were slightly injured.

Through his lawyer, Mohammed I. explained that he had not endured detention because he had allegedly suffered bad experiences in Israeli custody in the past.

The trial continues.

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