Lengthy jail term for stabbing with scissors

A Faroese man has been given a two-year unconditional jail sentence for assault and battery.

The 29-year-old man accepted the sentence despite initially denying the charges.

He is charged with stabbing a man, 56, three times with a pair of scissors on the morning of 26 August last year.

One of the stabs penetrated the victim’s throat and was life-threatening.

The penalty for this type of crime is normally 18 months. However, since the defendant has a previous conviction related to this case, the prosecution called for a two-year sentence.

The defendant was arrested shortly after the incident, which took place in a residential house in Tórshavn. He has been held in detention since then.

Translated by prosa.fo