The first woman in Serbia sentenced to life imprisonment

The higher court in Novi Pazar sentenced Aldina Lakota (40) to life imprisonment for the brutal murder of her mother-in-law Barja Lakota (66).

12.09.2025. 08:37

The first woman in Serbia sentenced to life imprisonment

She is the first woman in Serbia to be sentenced to life imprisonment by a first-instance verdict since that sentence was reintroduced in 2019.

This is the 13th first-instance sentence of life imprisonment in Serbia since 2019.

"The court found that on May 28 of last year, Aldina Lakota stabbed her mother-in-law as many as 121 times, of which 50 wounds were in the head and neck area. According to the expert's findings, the crime was committed in a particularly insidious and cruel manner, and in the planning process, she allegedly misused the information that her minor daughter gave her, in order to ensure that the victim was alone in the house," writes Sandzak today.

During the trial, Aldina Lakota denied killing her mother-in-law.

Appeals against this first-instance verdict are allowed to the Court of Appeal.

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