Trial for lookalike murder begins for German woman

A German woman is on trial for allegedly killing a woman who resembled her to fake her own death. The case is called the “doppelganger murder”.

Sharaban K, who is 24 years old, and a 25-year-old man are accused of choosing the victim because of her appearance and age.

The lawyers say she was going to hide and start a new life, but she got caught the next day.

She and the person she was with say they did not do what they are accused of.

The court papers say that a 23-year-old man named Sharaban K, who is German-Iraqi, looked for women who resembled him on Instagram and then tried to meet them by making different promises.

The lawyers say that a 23-year-old woman from Algeria named Khadidja O was told she could get free treatment at a beauty salon.

She was taken from Eppingen to Ingolstadt in Bavaria by the two accused. They picked her up in the town of Eppingen in southern Germany and drove her to Ingolstadt.

During the journey, prosecutors say the person was stabbed 56 times and hit on the head before her body was left in a forest in Sharaban K’s black Mercedes car.

When they found her body, people thought that Sharaban K had died. However, she and a 25-year-old man named Sheqir K, were taken by the police as possible suspects the day after they were seen at a nearby pizzeria.

Sharaban K’s family comes from a Yazidi community in northern Iraq. It is said that her failed marriage might be the reason she tried to fake her own death, as reported by German media.

After looking at more evidence and talking to people who saw what happened and looking at their online conversations, the police decided to charge the two people with more crimes.

The couple is also believed to have paid someone to kill her ex-partner’s brother. The person who was supposed to do the killing did not do it even after getting €5,000.

Also, while in jail, the man tried to get another prisoner to kill people who saw what happened.

The trial on Tuesday was delayed for a long time. The lawyers defending the accused said they couldn’t have a fair trial because the prosecutors had given them more documents at the last minute. They needed more time to look at them, so they asked for the trial to be postponed.

The prosecution said they didn’t agree with the argument. They explained that it’s normal to submit more documents after being charged with a crime.

Next week, the court will decide if they should stop the trial for a while.