Vitebsk resident sentenced for driving wife to attempted suicide

October 1, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A Vitebsk resident has been sentenced for driving his wife to an attempted suicide, Dmitry Orekhvo, Deputy Prosecutor of the Pervomaisky District of Vitebsk, told a BELTA correspondent. For three months, the 39-year-old resident of the regional center, while systematically drunk, oppressed, humiliated and beat his wife, threatening the woman with brutal reprisal. He also repeatedly threatened to kill the 17-year-old son who stood up for his mother. One day, unable to bear the torment of a loved one and a life that had turned into hell, the Vitebsk woman decided to commit suicide. Having written a suicide note accusing her husband of her death, the woman took a lethal dose of medication and sent an SMS message about her decision to commit suicide to the district police officer. The immediate response of the law enforcement officer to the received message made it possible to prevent the suicide. The actions of the man were assessed by law enforcement agencies in accordance with the Criminal Code: for torture and driving to attempted suicide, he was sentenced to two years of imprisonment. The sentence has entered into legal force. -0-