“I am sorry for what I did. And I would like to ask you and God for forgiveness. I would like to ask forgiveness from both my friend and my family. If you wouldn’t forgive me, I’d still like to see my friend. I am sorry that my daughter is no longer here and her mother is not here either, “said a woman with a bachelor’s degree who worked in a museum before maternity leave on Tuesday.
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She also reaffirmed before the court that she had acted in affect. After the crime, she allegedly reached out to her mother and child and found out if they were breathing. “I found out they weren’t breathing, and I called an ambulance,” she said. The woman allegedly murdered because of a protracted dispute with her mother, when she wanted to move with her child to her friend. “I could take care of my daughter myself,” the woman repeated in court on Tuesday.
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A 37-year-old woman accused of murdering a child and mother at the Regional Court in České Budějovice.
Photo: Pavel Orholz, Právo
According to the plaintiff Dagmar Šimáková, the case also escaped precisely because the woman did not have problems with the law before such a drastic murder. For example, she also prepared for parenthood in a course. Šimáková proposed a sentence from 17.5 years to 18 years.
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“According to expert opinions, the defendant is able to bear criminal responsibility. Until now, she has not been punished and has not committed an offense. She lived a proper life until this act. It is also a mitigating circumstance that she already confessed to her act in the preparatory proceedings. On the other hand, she attacked her mother and daughter close relatives, “said Šimáková.
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However, Judge Ondřej Kubů also pointed out that this was an attack of extreme brutality. “He avoids most similar crimes,” the judge said on Tuesday. He mentioned that, according to forensic experts, the woman suffers from a mixed personality disorder and acted in affect. “She has a reduced ability to control her response to stress. At the time of the murder, she was not affected by alcohol or other substance abuse. He does not suffer from any mental disorders, “Kubů quoted. The defendant’s emotional life was said to be marked by immaturity and she also had exaggerated emotional reactions. He tends to have impulsive reactions.
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