MURDER,GIRLFRIEND DUE IN COURT FOR KILLING BOYFRIEND AND SEVERING HEAD

14 Feb 2017

A woman is due to appear in court charged with killing her boyfriend with a chainsaw in a flat in Munich, 

The woman, aged 32, is alleged to have attacked the man while he was tied to a bed in 2008, hacking him to death before using the weapon to remove his head.

His death only emerged this year when an acquaintance of the suspect heard of the alleged incident and notified police, reports The West.

It is claimed the body had been kept in the attic of the apartment building until 2009 when it was discovered by a new boyfriend who was looking after the suspect’s cat.

The pair then buried the body together with the help of another accomplice, the charges claim.

They body was reportedly found in the garden of her Munich home,prosecutors allege the supposed murder may have been motivated by an unhappy relationship

According to her lawyer, Birgit Schwerdt, the woman admits to the killing.

‘The particular issue is in working out the background and establishing a motive,’ Ms Schwerdt said.

Her client is set to give testimony in the trial, although Ms Schwerdt has said that she will ask for this to be done in a private hearing, citing the intimate nature of the case.