Man and woman charged with murdering pregnant woman

A 25-year-old man and 34-year-old woman have been charged with murdering a 37-year-old pregnant woman.

The murder took place on the evening of 3 November last year, when the 37-year-old woman was on her way to her car outside her workplace on Samsøvej in Holbæk.

The 37-year-old woman was stabbed several times with a knife. At first her unborn child survived, but on November 8 the child also died.

The 25-year-old man and 34-year-old woman are accused of having planned the murder together. The 25-year-old man is charged with having committed the murder, while the 34-year-old woman is charged with complicity.

The trial is being conducted as a jury trial at the Court in Holbæk and is scheduled to begin on September 26 with an expected duration of eight court days.