Cologne: Syrian begs the judge, but sends the husband to prison

"Why should I go to jail?", Asked the man who nearly killed his wife in Bergheim with nine stab wounds and took his sight on the right side . One could find another solution, he pleaded with the judge.

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The president of the court, Stephan Kloke, was not impressed by the defendant's speech – of course. He sentenced Syrian, aged 31, to eight and a half years of imprisonment for attempting manslaughter with bodily harm.

The fact that the defendant believes that he can now be released, says Judge Kloke, "that he has not really dealt with the act."

knife attack on women was pure punitive action

the accused had chased and attacked his wife with the knife when she had run away in a car stopped in the street, was reprehensible. "It was pure punishment," said the judge.

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Offender acted with a cold heart. In the case of survival, the woman should be made unattractive to the world of men, so said the judge.

He quietly left the scene after the attack and was trapped in his sister, who lives in Bergheim. For the fate of his wife, who survived only through an emergency operation, he had not taken care of.

After the judgment, a Syrian was questioned about his children

After the verdict, the now convicted person asked for his children, aged three and four. The couple had taken his wife to the courthouse, but to the Witness Care Center in the playroom.

When the kidnapper realized that he would not see the children that day, he scolded. The victim did the same and left the room angrily. Previously, she had suggested forgiving her husband.