WORLD : Palme’s Widow Fails to Testify
The widow of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme failed to testify in court today against the man accused of assassinating her husband, risking a fine and bringing a rebuke from one of the trial judges.
The Stockholm district court had agreed to Lisbet Palme’s request to testify without the defendant, Christer Pettersson, being present and to ban tape recordings, broadcasts and drawings. But it turned down her last-minute demand to exclude spectators and journalists.
One of the two judges in the case, Mikael af Geijerstam, accused Lisbet Palme, a 58-year-old child psychologist, of violating her duty by not appearing in court on the day she was summoned. Technically, she risks a fine for failing to appear.
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