A man in Aktobe who grew jealous of his wife's regular customer attacked him with a crowbar and a knife, leaving the victim hospitalized with stab wounds, while the assailant was sentenced to prison, the website infohub.kz reports.
According to case materials, a truck driver and his colleagues regularly stopped at a grocery store on Nokin Avenue to shop while working. At some point, the husband of a saleswoman working there grew jealous of the customer and banned him from entering the store.
One day the husband came to his wife's workplace, met the customer there and grew angry that the man had ignored his demand. A conflict broke out between the two men and continued outside. The jealous husband ultimately resorted to a crowbar and a knife, and the customer was hospitalized with stab wounds.
Police opened a criminal case under the article on intentional infliction of grievous bodily harm. The defendant confirmed in court that he had indeed banned the customer from the store and that the victim struck him first during the conflict. He also said he took the crowbar from his car, and that at some point a T-shirt ended up over his head, he could no longer see what was happening around him, and when the men were pulled apart he realized he had wounded the man. The defendant said he had no intent to fight and asked the court not to deprive him of his freedom.
The victim told the court he knew the defendant's wife only as a store saleswoman and may have exchanged joking remarks with her. He said he spent 22 days in hospital, underwent two operations and has been barred from working for six months.
The court sentenced the Aktobe man to 3 years and 4 months in prison. The convicted man was also ordered to pay 700,000 tenge in compensation for moral damages. The verdict has not yet entered into legal force.