It was established that a conflict arose between the couple while they were drinking alcohol. The suspect faces up to eight years’ imprisonment for his crime. The injured woman is in hospital.
On 6 December, at around 20.25, the police received a report that a woman had been injured in a house in a village in the Stryi district.
Criminal police operatives, investigators and officers of other units of the Police Department No. 3 of the Stryi District Police Department immediately arrived at the scene.
As the police established, that evening, a conflict arose between a 48-year-old man and his 39-year-old wife while drinking alcohol, during which the offender stabbed the woman in the abdomen, causing serious bodily harm. The victim was hospitalised.
The offender was detained in accordance with Article 208 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine, and investigators of the territorial police unit opened criminal proceedings under Part 1 of Article 121 (intentional grievous bodily harm) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The article provides for imprisonment for a term of five to eight years.
The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Lviv regional police communication department