A murdered baby in Vienna – and many unanswered questions: the tragedy surrounding little Melek continues to cause deep consternation. Meanwhile, the mother (30) was taken into custody. Lawyer Astrid Wagner, who represents the suspect, has now commented on the case.
Her light of life shone only briefly. Exactly ten days before the girl was brutally beaten to death, wrapped in a black plastic bag and eventually thrown away as waste in a container opposite the Favoriten clinic in Vienna.
Due to the low temperatures, it was initially assumed that the child had frozen to death.
Urgent suspicion of murder
As reported in detail, little Melek’s mother is under strong suspicion of murder. The 30-year-old was taken into custody on Monday. From now on, she is represented by the dazzling lawyer Astrid Wagner.
Psychiatric report ordered
In any case, the lawyer does not assume that it was murder and cites Article 79 of the Criminal Code: killing a child during birth or under the influence of the birth process is punishable by a maximum of five years in prison.
A psychiatric report must now clarify whether the woman actually suffered from so-called puerperal depression. “It remains to be seen what role the families will play in the case,” Wagner explained to the “Krone”.
“Family Problems”
Because the rumor mill is spinning. According to reports, the two families of Turkish origin – that of the suspect on the one hand and that of the child’s father (28) on the other – hate each other. In her confession, the premature baby’s mother even mentioned “family problems” as the reason for the murder.
Both clans apparently did not want to know anything about Melek; the child was born unplanned and unwanted.
The woman took the blame
The woman initially took the blame. Whether this remains the case will become clear in the course of the legal proceedings. Was she forced into action? Did she have helpers?
Source: Krone
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