A German woman of Iraqi origin has been appearing in court in Germany since Tuesday, January 16 for the murder of her “double” – a 23-year-old Algerian woman whom she had trapped via social networks to fake his death and start her life again.
The trial of the “lookalike murder”, as German media called it, opened on Tuesday before the court in Ingolstadt, in southern Bavaria. 39; Germany. A trial in which Sharaban K., a 24-year-old German-Iraqi woman, is accused of the murder in 2022 of her double, Khadidja O., a 23-year-old Algerian woman.
According to the prosecution, Sharaban K. would have developed a Machiavellian plan to end the life of Khadidja O., a 23-year-old Algerian beauty blogger, to fake her disappearance and escape her problems. The victim, residing in Germany, was lured under the pretext of a free cosmetic treatment offered by Sharaban K., who also shared fashion and makeup tips on social networks.
The alleged murderer of her Algerian double faces life imprisonment
The lifeless body of the young Algerian woman was discovered on August 17, 2022, in a vehicle parked in the Ingolstadt region, in southern Germany. He was stabbed with stab wounds. The first elements of the investigation had led the police onto a false trail. Indeed, they initially believed that the victim was the vehicle owner: Sharaban K., a 23-year-old German beautician of Iraqi origin.
According to an investigator quoted by the press, the victim looked “unmistakably” to the suspect. To the point that the family of Sharaban K. themselves wrongly identified the body discovered in the vehicle as that of their daughter. Sharaban K., on trial since Tuesday alongside her alleged accomplice, faces serious charges which, if convicted, faces a sentence of life in prison.
