Man, 99, gets four years' jail for stabbing wife

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By Kang Aa-young

A 99-year-old man has been sentenced to four years' jail for stabbing his wife.

Jeju District Court on Thursday found the man, identified only by his surname Moon, guilty of attempted murder.

He had stabbed his wife, 87, three times in an argument at their eldest son's house in September.

The court was told that Moon became enraged when his wife told not him to come back.

The wife recovered from the stab wound.

The court heard that in July, the wife had punched Moon during an argument, so he then went to live with his son.

“Regardless of his old age, the nature of crime can't be condoned,” the judge said, also citing the wife's refusal to ask for leniency.