DUBAI // A man who murdered his wife after he learned he was sterile then tried killing himself has been sentenced to life in jail by Dubai Criminal Court.
Indian S K, 40, choked his wife, M K, unconscious then cut her throat.
He then tried to slit his throat but failed. He was arrested and charged with premeditated murder and attempted suicide.
S K had problems with his wife’s residency, but prosecution records say his inability to father children was a greater worry.
S K decided to kill himself. He said in records, however, he did not want to leave his wife alone and decided to kill her, then take his own life.
Prosecutors said that at nearly 5pm on the day of the murder, M K was sleeping when S K jumped on top of her and strangled her until she fell unconscious. S K then went to the kitchen for a knife and cut her throat, after which he tried to kill himself but failed.
“When we received a report of a murder in Al Manama area we rushed to find the defendant standing in front of his flat with his bloodied clothes, it was clear that he had tried to kill himself,” Emirati police captain J R, 47, said in the record.
“We questioned him. He told us that when he brought the knife he came back to find the woman awake and trying to catch her breath but he didn’t give her a chance and slaughtered her.
“He also told us that after killing her he laid down on the bed and tried to slit his own throat but he felt so much pain and when he saw the blood he freaked out,” added the captain.
S K was sentenced to an additional month in jail for attempting suicide. He will be deported after serving his jail term.
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