Nihal A. Born: 1967
shot dead: 24 December 2001
Residence: Cologne
Origin: Turkey
Children: one daughter, Sülaal, age 6 at the time of the crime
Perpetrator: husband Ismail (age 37)
Nihal's case is hardly documented. She is probably an import bride who had to quit her job in Turkey in 1982 to go to Germany for marriage under duress. Her husband Ismail deals in satellite equipment.
In 2000, she divorces him and (after allegations of abuse) gains custody of their daughter. On Christmas Eve 2001, she is looking at the accounts of the bakery branch she runs. Ismail storms into the room and shoots his wife six times. She bleeds to death in the hospital.
For manslaughter, the killer is sentenced to 14 years in prison. The court rejects the prosecutor's request for a murder conviction because he had repeatedly threatened to kill his wife. Thus, the wife had not been unsuspecting.