The 39-year-old TA from Asten has to spend eight years in prison. He is also given a TBS with compulsory treatment because he tried to kill his two sons last year. The court in Den Bosch determined this on Thursday. According to the man, his wife cheated on him and that is why he came to his actions.
The court very much blamed the man for the fact that his children were the victims of his relationship problems. The man and woman had been at odds with each other for some time and TA often threatened that he would harm his children and her.
On September 16, 2022, he made good on all his threats and tried to strangle his two sons, aged 6 and 7, with the belt of a bathrobe. The children barely survived this.
TA does not remember much about that almost fatal day, as became apparent during the hearing. His wife, who already wanted to divorce him and now never wants to see him again, wondered how hatred for her could be greater than love for his children.
A long stream of death wishes that the man sent to his wife last year were read out in court. He was ashamed of his wife’s cheating and felt abandoned. According to experts, it all became too much for him in the period before the strangulation attempts.
On the night before the murder attempts, things got completely out of hand. His wife no longer dared to be at home and stated that that was why she slept in the car. TA assumed she was with another man and bombarded her with threats. And he also threatened, as so often, to kill their children.
A friend and his wife were so concerned that they stopped by that night. TA was restless and angry and said he was going to kill his wife and children and then himself. Still, they went home again. Apparently no one expected TA to make good on his words, but unfortunately it did.
Turned purple
It was bizarre that the man apparently screamed so much for attention that he sent images of the almost lifeless children via WhatsApp to his wife and other family and friends. Their panic was enormous. The images showed the children lying on the floor in their room and the police were immediately called by everyone involved.
The children were dazed and crying. They had blue and purple faces and were coughing and spluttering. Investigation showed that they had been strangled for tens of seconds and that they might as well not have survived. Ultimately, they suffered nothing physically serious from the event.
Extreme jealousy
According to experts, the political refugee from Azerbaijan has a number of disorders and is very jealous. In the period before the assassination attempts, he was desperate and felt like he had lost everything. The man became more and more irritable and blamed his wife for everything. He threatened to kill her in all kinds of ways and also asked her brother to do so.
TA had also tried to strangle his wife and previously threatened her lover. Even in prison he continued to make plans to kill his wife. Even in captivity, she was still blamed for all her misery.
In addition to the prison sentence, the court also imposed TBS with compulsory treatment, because the man can be very aggressive under certain pressure. He also still blames his ex for all the misery. That is why the court considers it too great a risk not to provide mandatory treatment to the man.