PHILIPSBURG--A 32-year-old man charged with attempted manslaughter of his wife was acquitted by the Court in First Instance on Tuesday for lack of evidence.
Prosecutor Gonda van der Wulp had asked the judge on Wednesday, April 13, to send J.H. to jail for five years, qualifying the November 14, 2010 incident in which he had fired several shots at the window of the bedroom in which his wife was staying as attempted manslaughter.
The woman remained unharmed.
The suspect admitted he had been involved in an argument with his wife, but denied he had fired any shots. He denied he had had a firearm in his possession, but admitted that seven shells found in a buffet and bedside table in his house on Soualiga Road were his. Similar bullets were found at the scene of the crime.
According to J.H., his jealous wife and her best friend, in whose house his wife was staying during the alleged incident, had concocted the story that he had been firing shots.
J.H.'s attorney Geert Hatzmann had pointed to the fact that his client's wife had not pressed charges against her husband.
Forensic investigations did not provide traces of used ammunition on the suspect's hands and no firearm had been found with his client, on or near the scene of the crime.
Judge Monique Keppels, on Tuesday, did not elaborate extensively on the acquittal. She only stated the Court had not found attempted murder or manslaughter "legally and convincingly" proven.
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