Man Jailed for 10 Years for Attempting to Kill Former Partner After Breakup

TDT | Manama

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A man who tried to kill his former partner with a hammer after she ended their romance has been jailed for 10 years and will be deported from Bahrain once his sentence is served.

The High Criminal Court of Appeal backed the earlier ruling from the High Criminal Court, handing the 43-year-old African expat a decade behind bars followed by deportation.

The violence erupted when the woman, hoping to shift from romance to friendship, invited the defendant to her flat for a quiet goodbye.

Farewell

Expecting a peaceful farewell, she instead faced a brutal ambush, according to court documents.

Inside her home, he forced her onto the bed and repeatedly smashed a hammer against her body. When she crumpled to the floor, he continued the blows until convinced she was lifeless.

With blood staining the scene, he tried to conceal his crime, attempting to scrub away the evidence.

But the victim, despite her injuries, survived the attack.

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Call

When a friend arrived in response to a call from a mutual acquaintance who needed assistance changing a gas cylinder, the battered woman staggered to the doorway and escaped.

The friend, taken aback by the woman rushing past covered in blood, stepped inside the apartment to find the accused soaked in gore. The assailant immediately fled.

Questioned by investigators, the defendant denied wrongdoing.

He insisted that he and the woman had been close for a year, and that although saddened by her decision to end their relationship, he accepted it calmly.

The man claimed the invitation to her home was simply for lunch and a chance to persuade her gently to reconsider her decision.

Instead, he alleged he was falsely accused and wrongly arrested.

The victim, however, painted a different picture.

She explained she had expected another friend to help install her gas cylinder when the accused arrived unannounced.

Warning

Once inside, he switched off the lights and attacked without warning.

The prosecution argued that the man’s aim was murder.

Only the victim’s quick thinking and desperate flight saved her life, the court heard, leaving the intended crime incomplete.