Ex-husband jailed for damaging house

Ex-husband jailed for damaging house

BOGOR (JP): The Bogor District Court sentenced a man to four
months in jail yesterday for damaging a house belonging to his
former wife in Kampung Sugutamu of Bakti Jaya village.

Presiding judge Martini said the defendant, Adi Widodo, 29,
was proven guilty for damaging Surya Dwiastuti's house on several
occasions between 1990 and 1997.

Martini lightened Adi's sentence since the defendant had never
committed a crime and promised to improve his behavior.

Prosecutor Amik Wulandari earlier asked the court to sentence
the defendant to six years in jail and charged Adi under Article
406 of the Criminal Code.

Surya, 26, said outside the court that she was unhappy during
her marriage with Adi.

"He often blackmailed my rich grandfather. If we refused to
meet his demands, he angrily destroyed anything he found in the
house," she said.

Surya said she never turned her husband into the police
because he threatened to kill her.

But she then reported Adi to the police after he divorced her
in the middle of last year.

Besides yesterday's sentence, the defendant will also face
a trial later for blackmailing Surya. (24/jun)