Case Ulvila: Did Anneli Auer threaten her children?

The prosecution now contends that Auer’s brother contacted the children in August. According to the brief, the brother says that the 12 and 9-year-old children had volunteered information to him about the events of the night that their father died.

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Prosecution: Anneli Auer has threatened her children

Prosecutors in the high-profile murder case involving Anneli Auer see the accounts of two of Auer’s children as relevant new evidence.    Auer, who had been convicted of murdering her husband at the district court level, got her conviction thrown out on appeal in July. The prosecution is applying for the opportunity to appeal the acquittal to the Supreme Court, and part of the material of the application came out in public on Monday.

Prosecutors say that the interviews with the children have shown that Auer had threatened the children and repeatedly warned them not to tell officials about what had taken place. The prosecution also alleges that Auer had been violent toward her husband already on previous days, and that children in the family had also suffered violent treatment.    Prosecutors say that new interrogations have ruled out the possibility of an outside perpetrator, which was the basis of Anneli Auer’s defence. Read more at www.hs.fi

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