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WORLD, Page 35World NotesSWEDENPalme for the Prosecution
The tension fairly crackled in the Stockholm courtroom as
Lisbet Palme, the widow of assassinated Prime Minister Olof Palme,
was asked whether the man she had seen just after the shooting of
her husband more than three years ago was present. "Yes," she
answered, indicating Christer Pettersson, 42, a confessed drug
addict who is charged with murdering Palme. "Are you sure?" asked
the prosecutor. After looking briefly at Pettersson, Mrs. Palme
answered with a second yes.
Her testimony last week gave a much needed boost to the
prosecution. Since the trial got under way three weeks ago, four
key witnesses have recanted their pretrial testimony. Two of them
admitted they had initially been swayed by hopes of sharing in the
$7.5 million reward offered by the government. The court has been
sharply criticized for agreeing to preconditions set by Lisbet
Palme for her testimony, including a ban on tape recorders and
television cameras. The prosecutors, whose case against Pettersson
is built on circumstantial evidence, have yet to come up with a
murder weapon or a motive.