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A Lithuanian man in Ireland sentenced to five years for trying to burn his wife after a party, despite her plea for leniency.
Vaidotas Gedvilas, a 53-year-old Lithuanian man living in Ireland, was sentenced to five years in prison for a violent attack on his wife in November 2024 following a house party in Mullingar.
The court heard he smothered her with a cushion, choked her, poured barbecue fuel on her, and attempted to set her on fire while filming the act.
The victim suffered severe burns, fractured ribs, lung damage, and extensive bruising but escaped and extinguished the flames.
Gedvilas, who admitted to the assault but claimed he only meant to scare her, had a stable work history and later sought help for alcohol issues.
Despite his wife’s victim impact statement urging leniency and expressing remorse and desire to repair their relationship, the judge upheld the sentence, citing the brutality of the crime.
Un hombre lituano en Irlanda fue sentenciado a cinco años por intentar quemar a su esposa después de una fiesta, a pesar de su petición de indulgencia.