A Taichung man was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison on Tuesday for stabbing two people during a dispute over noise from a neighbor's television.
The ruling can be appealed.
The Taichung District Court found the 24-year-old man, surnamed Lin (林), guilty of two counts of attempted murder, handing down sentences of 7 years and 2 months and 6 years to be served concurrently for a combined term of 8 years and 4 months.
Photo: Chang Jui-chen, Taipei Times
Lin went to confront his 71-year-old neighbor, surnamed Chen (陳), at her home in Wufeng District (霧峰) on Oct. 16 last year, complaining that her TV was too loud, prosecutors said.
A 71-year-old auto repair shop worker, surnamed Shih (施), who heard the argument, attempted to intervene, they said.
Lin then used a fruit knife to stab Chen and Shih, leaving Shih with a puncture wound to the chest and a hemothorax, and Chen with stab wounds to the back of her neck and forehead, prosecutors said.
Both were hospitalized and survived.
After the attack, Lin returned home and called the police, prosecutors said.
Officers arrested him outside Chen's residence and seized the weapon.
Lin was in 2023 convicted for a similar knife attack against a neighbor, raising concerns about repeated violent behavior, prosecutors said.
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