"Puncture the tires so she comes out": Man accused of threatening to murder his wife after separation
According to the indictment, a man sent threatening messages to his wife and threatened to kill her after she moved to her parents' house and requested a divorce. He punctured her car tires to lure her outside. He was arrested while carrying a knife; his defense attorney stated he is cooperating with the investigation.
A 32-year-old man from a city in the valleys, struggling to cope with his separation from his wife, threatened to murder and harm her. To illustrate his threats, he punctured her car tires and sent her photos of the damage. This is detailed in an indictment filed by Adv. Ofir Kam of the Northern District Prosecution.
The husband is charged with assaulting a spouse, making threats, malicious damage to a vehicle, and illegal possession of a knife. The case will be heard at the Magistrate's Court in Nazareth.
"The woman's complaint reached us after she informed her husband of her intention to divorce him," described Staff Sergeant Veronica Sorkin, a domestic violence investigator in the Amakim district. "The woman left the house and moved with their children to live at her parents' home. She stopped answering calls from the defendant, but he began sending her threatening messages, then drove to her parents' house armed with a knife, punctured her tires, and sent her the photos with the goal of luring her out to the vehicle."
"Fortunately, the police arrived quickly after she dialed the 100 emergency line and arrested the husband with the knife in his possession, before the woman managed to leave her house. I fear that if the woman had gone out to check the vehicle after receiving the photos, it could have ended in a disaster," added Sorkin.
The indictment states that on July 21, the defendant approached his wife's vehicle and punctured the two left tires, causing 750 shekels in damage. In subsequent WhatsApp messages, he insulted his wife and threatened her, writing that her "story is over" and that she "will not enter the house."
Adv. Motti Melnik, representing the husband on behalf of the Public Defender's Office, stated: "This is a young couple who fell into a marital crisis against the background of economic deterioration. The man cooperated fully and provided his version of events. During his detention, the court accepted our arguments and determined he could be released under conditions, a decision upheld by the District Court. This is a normative defendant who works in a regular job and has linked himself to part of the acts attributed to him."
