Confirming a guilty verdict, the Appeals Court extended the sentence for Zejnepe Berisha’s murder, condemning her husband, Nebih, to 17 years behind bars.
In October 2015, Zejnepe Berisha was stabbed 20 times with a knife by her husband Nebih. Her brutal murder happened in the couple’s home in the presence of their daughter, who was also injured in the process.
But although, the victim had reported her husband for domestic abuse multiple times to the local police, in April the Basic Court in Prizren gave only a minimum sentence.
The guilty verdict, which condemned Berisha with only 12.5 years in prison, was met with outrage.
Protesting the minimal sentence, women’s rights activists demanded for the sentence’s appeal and review. Kosova Women’s Network, KWN, even hired the lawyer Fehmije Gashi-Bytyci to appeal the sentence on behalf of the victim’s family.
See at: http://prishtinainsight.com/higher-sentence-zejnepe-berishas-murder/
