Rizka Divonis 10 Years in Prison for the Death of her Husband, Brigadier Esc

JAKARTA - The Mataram District Court, West Nusa Tenggara, has sentenced the defendant in the case of the death of Brigadier Esco Faska Rely, namely Brigadier Rizka Sintiani, to 10 years in prison.

"To impose a sentence on the defendant Rizka Sintiani with a sentence of 10 years in prison," said I Putu Suyoga, Chairman of the Panel of Judges when reading the verdict at the Mataram District Court, Friday, June 19, reported by ANTARA.

The judge imposed the sentence in accordance with the prosecutor's request, stating that the defendant was found guilty of violating the alternative charge of the first case, namely Article 44 paragraph (3) of Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Violence in the Family (PKDRT) jo. Number 38 appendix one of Law Number 1 of 2026 concerning Criminal Adjustment.

In the description of the consideration of the verdict, the judge stated that the defendant had been proven to have committed physical violence against the victim resulting in death.

The judge said that the act of severe persecution, which is a criminal offense, occurred in the house occupied by the defendant together with the victim and his two children.

The physical violence that occurred in mid-August 2025 was also strengthened by the testimony of the child witness who saw the defendant's actions against the victim.

This was also strengthened by the examination of other evidence, both from the results of the examination of digital forensic experts on the victim's conversation traces on the WhatsApp application with the defendant.

Likewise, the results of the forensic autopsy, honesty test and examination by a psychologist found that there was consistency in the evidence at the trial.

The defendant was also mentioned in the verdict as trying to remove criminal evidence from the results of the examination at the house which was the location of the persecution.

One of them is a pair of scissors that is indicated as a tool for the defendant to abuse the victim. Although there was no trace of blood on the scissors, the psychologist said it was part of the defendant's attempt to eliminate evidence.

Then, the former snare on the neck was confirmed by a forensic autopsy expert as a post mortem or a mark that appeared after death.

The judge considered the existence of the strangulation as an attempt by the defendant to divert the actual event.

"Likewise with the victim's mobile phone opening code, the defendant gave the wrong code to the investigator and this became part of the defendant's efforts to obstruct the investigation," said the judge.