Kottayam:
A 73-year-old man was today sentenced to life imprisonment by a court for murdering his son in 2005. Additional Sessions Judge B Shankaran Unni held Mathew guilty of murdering his son Abraham (41) and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000.
The prosecution case was that Mathew and Abraham used to quarrel frequently over the latter borrowing some money from a home nurse. After a quarrel on September 25, 2005, the old man, under the influence of liquor, stabbed his son using a kitchen knife.
Abraham's mother, his 10-year-old daughter and her tuition master deposed as prosecution witness.
The Judge ordered Mathew to undergo a further period of one year imprisonment in case of default in paying the fine.
The prosecution case was that Mathew and Abraham used to quarrel frequently over the latter borrowing some money from a home nurse. After a quarrel on September 25, 2005, the old man, under the influence of liquor, stabbed his son using a kitchen knife.
Abraham's mother, his 10-year-old daughter and her tuition master deposed as prosecution witness.
The Judge ordered Mathew to undergo a further period of one year imprisonment in case of default in paying the fine.
