In Aktobe, a man was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for attacking a customer with a knife at the store where his wife worked. The conflict was triggered by jealousy. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.
Circumstances of the incident
The victim worked as a truck driver and regularly visited a grocery store on Nokin Avenue with his colleagues. The saleswoman's husband became jealous of his wife over the regular customer and forbade him from coming to the store.
Later, the man came to his wife's workplace and again met the customer there. A conflict arose between them and continued outside. During the quarrel, the saleswoman's husband used a crowbar and a knife. The customer was hospitalized with knife wounds.
Criminal case and trial
A criminal case was opened against the attacker under the article "Intentional infliction of grave harm to health."
In court, the defendant confirmed that he had forbidden the victim from visiting the store. At the same time, he claimed that the customer hit him first. According to him, he took a crowbar from his car, and then a T-shirt ended up on his head, causing him to lose sight of what was happening. When the men were separated, the defendant realized he had wounded his opponent.
The defendant stated that he did not intend to fight and asked not to be deprived of his freedom.
The victim said he knew the defendant's wife only as a saleswoman and may have exchanged joking remarks with her. After the attack, he spent 22 days in the hospital and underwent two surgeries. According to him, doctors forbade him from working for six months.
Court decision
The court sentenced the attacker to three years and four months in prison and ordered him to pay the victim 700,000 tenge as compensation for moral damage.
The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.