A man who was sued by his 42-year-old wife, who said he threatened, beat and tried to suffocate her, has been jailed for 24 months. However, the sentence has been suspended pending an appeal. under the conditions leave the shared house where they live with their five children and do not approach the patient within a radius of 50 meters.
The incident that took the defendant to the Autoforo occurred yesterday afternoon, when, according to the complainant’s testimony, he complained to his 20-year-old wife that she was not paying attention to him and was showing indifferent behavior towards him. “I told him that I did not want to talk and when he insisted, I mentioned some things that bother me, but he refused. Then he stood up, came and shouted in my face and punched me (…) He grabbed me by the neck and threw me to the ground. He continued to shout and complain, grabbed me by the throat and tried to suffocate me. He was pressing my head to the ground with his hands and body, he was squeezing me by the neck.”
“He’s threatening to kill me”
Her two younger children (minors) were present at the event, she said. He also testified that the incidents of threats and violence have been repeated for the past four years. “He has threatened me several times that he will slit my throat. He has also made the sound with his mouth. He always tells me that he will kill me,” he said, describing a typical incident that occurred a month and a half ago when he was driving his car on the ring road at a speed of 150 km/h with her in the vehicle. “He was saying ‘you didn’t want to die, now you will see’. He was beating me till we reached Diavata, while he was driving. He stopped when he hit me in the eye and understood.”
He confessed to being violent
In his plea, the defendant admitted his actions, admitting that he is violent, while asking the court to impose the longest sentence and send him to prison. “I want to go in and not leave. I have fought hard to raise my family of seven. The reason we fought was because I did not take her to the beach. I work long hours and only sleep for five hours,” he said, referring to the controversial incident and apologized: “I hit her because she spat on me while I was lying down with the baby. I did not hit her on the wood, I did not use my normal strength, I wanted to scare her and I did it in self-defense.”
The court found him guilty of domestic violence and (continuous) threat, as well as by insult, while the convicted person appealed the decision and was released (under the restrictive conditions above).