The World - News from June 6, 1989
Christer Pettersson, on trial in Stockholm for the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, pleaded innocent, and the defense complained of serious irregularities in the prosecution’s case. The 42-year-old defendant told the Stockholm district court: “The murder of Palme was a vile deed which I could never have brought myself to do.” His lawyer, Arne Liljeros, attacked the main evidence against his client--the testimony of Palme’s widow, who identified Pettersson in a videotaped lineup. “Lisbet Palme never saw Christer Pettersson in real life, but only on a video,” Liljeros said. Pettersson is accused of shooting Palme in the back Feb. 28, 1986.
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