THE mum of a Solamian accused of strangling his pregnant girlfriend in a suspected honour killing has insisted he might have introduced her dwelling.
Saga Forsgren Elneborg, from Sweden, was murdered by her associate as he was too ashamed to introduce her to his Muslim household, prosecutors declare.
The mum-to-be, 20, was discovered useless at her dwelling in Örebro, two hours from Stockholm on April 28 final yr.
Saga was seven months pregnant and her unborn child boy tragically died within the womb.
The 20-year-old’s boyfriend, who has not been named in Sweden, was charged along with her homicide final week.
It’s mentioned he hid his two-year relationship with Saga as his household wouldn’t settle for it.
Nevertheless, the person’s mum says this would not have been the case – and she or he would have cherished to have met Saga, and had a grandchild.
She instructed MailOnline: “I might have been completely satisfied if [my son] had met a woman and for me it would not matter if she was Swedish or not.
“I might have been completely satisfied if he confirmed me the woman. If [my son] had come dwelling and instructed me that he had obtained a woman pregnant, I might have been completely satisfied to change into a grandmother, and particularly a younger grandmother.
“Even when the being pregnant was out of wedlock, it would not matter so long as it was my son’s baby.”
When she was requested whether or not she knew of her sons having girlfriends, the mum mentioned no.
Saga had been excited to change into a mum, and snapped a selfie exhibiting her pregnant stomach close to a crib in her room.
One other snap reveals the little garments she had purchased for her son.
Her devastated mum instructed Nerikes Allehanda: “She was so completely satisfied. She would transfer to a brand new condominium and begin her life as a mom.
“That is the worst factor possible.”
‘Suffocating and strangling’
Stunning photos in a 1,000-page file launched by cops final week present the crime scene within the bed room.
One other snap reveals a lamp twine – the potential homicide weapon.
The person grew up in a family that believed relationship a “white” lady is “not okay” and that he “should date a girl of the identical tradition”, prosecutors say.
Prosecutor Elisabeth Anderson mentioned: “[Saga’s boyfriend] has killed Saga Forsgren Elneborg by suffocating and strangling her by way of stress on her neck with an affect on the trachea and the blood provide to the pinnacle.
“I imply that the homicide befell in an honour context as a result of the person needed to protect or restore his and his household’s honour by killing the girl who was carrying his baby.”
The person seems to haven’t been charged over the dying of their unborn son, who weighed 1.7kg and measured simply 1.5ft from head to toe.
Chilling messages between the couple present the suspect telling Saga he would reveal their relationship to his household, in addition to their anticipated baby.
Saga tried to reassure him after he mentioned: “Looks like I can virtually really feel my heartbeat all the way in which right down to my abdomen.”
Her last message asking him the way it was going and asking for him to “discuss to me” went unanswered.
She was discovered useless within the hours that adopted.
‘Will not be capable of maintain my household’
Prosecutors declare he went to her flat and “violently” strangled her with the cable of a bedside lamp, stories Aftonbladet.
There is no such thing as a proof suggesting his household was both concerned within the killing or that they requested for it, in line with native media.
Earlier textual content messages between Saga and the suspect present he instructed she have an abortion.
He instructed her: “I do know we are able to make it, however I will not be capable of maintain my household.
“If it had been potential, there would have been no downside with retaining the kid.”
The suspect is due in courtroom on Wednesday April 10, and the trial is ready to final 15 days.
He has denied any wrongdoing.
How one can get assist:
Ladies’s Support has this recommendation for victims and their households:
- At all times maintain your telephone close by.
- Get in contact with charities for assist, together with the Ladies’s Support reside chat helpline and providers comparable to SupportLine.
- In case you are at risk, name 999.
- Familiarise your self with the Silent Answer, reporting abuse with out talking down the telephone, as a substitute dialing “55”.
- At all times maintain some cash on you, together with change for a pay telephone or bus fare.
- In the event you suspect your associate is about to assault you, attempt to go to a lower-risk space of the home – for instance, the place there’s a approach out and entry to a phone.
- Keep away from the kitchen and storage, the place there are more likely to be knives or different weapons. Keep away from rooms the place you may change into trapped, comparable to the toilet, or the place you may be shut into a cabinet or different small house.
In case you are a sufferer of home abuse, SupportLine is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 6pm to 8pm on 01708 765200. The charity’s e mail assist service is open weekdays and weekends in the course of the disaster – messageinfo@supportline.org.uk.
Ladies’s Support gives a reside chat service – out there weekdays from 8am-6pm and weekends 10am-6pm.
It’s also possible to name the freephone 24-hour Nationwide Home Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247.