Almost sets wife on fire and she wants him back
Man jailed for trying to torch wife:
Domestic violence is one of the ultimate acts of cowardice, but what this guy tried to do is above and beyond cowardice and borders on the insane.
A Fairfield man has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to set fire to his wife during a domestic dispute.
“I know what I did was totally wrong. If my wife wants a divorce she can have a divorce, but we have four children together and we need to care for them together,” Zahid Qureshi pleaded during his Friday sentencing.
While Superior Court Judge Richard Comerford Jr. said he believes that Qureshi’s actions — dousing his wife with gasoline and threatening to ignite her — was an aberration in his usual behavior, he nevertheless felt the defendant had to serve time in prison.
Hold on for just a damn minute. Do you mean there was an option where he wouldn’t have gone to prison?
“The court is concerned with deterring this type of behavior in our society,’ he added.
I would hope so.
In addition to the one-year term, he ordered Qureshi, who previously pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, risk of injury to a minor and first-degree reckless endangerment, to undergo domestic violence counseling during a five-year probation.
Does counselling for criminals ever work?
According to Senior Assistant State’s Attorney Howard Stein, Qureshi’s wife, Humera, had been asleep in her bed in their Greenfield Street home in the early morning of July 15, 2006, when she awoke to find she had been doused with gasoline and her husband was standing over her holding an ignited cigarette lighter.
Stein said as her husband stood over his wife he threatened to kill both her and himself unless she promised not to leave him. At the time, the couple’s four children, ages 4 to 14 were, asleep in the nextrooms.
The wife managed to calm Qureshi and later that morning he left for work at a Fairfield luxury car dealership. But as soon as he was gone, the wife went to St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport for treatment of skin irritation from the gasoline, Stein said. While she was there, hospital personnel called Fairfield police.
“These facts are so outrageous to give Mr. Qureshi some kind of a pass would be a mistake and send the wrong message to people in the community who would contemplate this same type of behavior,” the prosecutor said.
Here it comes…
But Qureshi’s wife rose in the courtroom and begged the judge not to send her husband to prison.
“The kids really miss him and he should be excused for what he did,” she told the judge.
Since I’m obviously not female maybe the female readers can help me out understanding this. He tried to set her on fire while she slept but she doesn’t want him to go to jail. Why? If my spouse tried to set me on fire you bet I’d have her locked up. (Just speaking in hypotheticals Dear.)
And let’s top it off…
Their lawyer, John R. Gulash, assured the judge that Qureshi will not offend again.
“It sounds sick now, but he believed he was trying to save their marriage,” he said.
Again since I’m not an abuser I can’t see how trying to set your wife on fire could possibly save the marriage.
Anyway, this may be a little harsh of me to say but as long as domestic violence victims keep returning to their abusers the problem of DV will never be solved.
Tags: Domestic Violence, fire, Zahid-QureshiPOSTED IN: Domestic Violence
4 opinions for Almost sets wife on fire and she wants him back
Soobs
Sep 26, 2007 at 9:43 am
As a female, let me assure you there is NO “understanding” this. He’s sick, she’s sick, and the children who “miss” their father will be lucky not to become abusers or abused themselves, when they get older. Serioulsy, I still have a hard time understanding women who take these creeps back.
As for setting his wife on fire, to save the marriage……well, it would have resulted in him being a widow, and not divorced. Maybe that’s the REAL reason. Ugh.
Hira
Jan 17, 2008 at 12:45 pm
That’s too bad but he is saying that he is not gona do this thing again and her wife and childrens wants him back so send Mr Qureshi to there family. If his wife believe him and want him back so there is no right to send him to jail if his wife and kids wants him back. Ms Humera believe that he is a nice man if the kids are 4 to 14 years old and 4 childrens than Ms Humera knows that he is a nice man he just make a kind of mistake. I think you should leave him If his family wants him back.
KiRAN
May 7, 2008 at 8:41 am
WTFFF ur writinq about my fuckin family n yeah i do miss my father i fuckin love him ! ur a fuckin bitch for talkin bouh ma father u dunt even kno him everyone makes fuckin mistakes ..n my mother she carez about ma father she didnt want him 2 qo thru hell so nobody better not b talkin bouh ma mother n u kno waht my dad isnt qonna do it aqain n i kno that for sure n all u fuckin bitches can keep talkin shytt cuz ima qet my dad back in 9 dayz hez qonna b outta jail so FUCK ALL OF YOUS WHO R TALKiN SHiTT ! n HIRA thank you for tha comment u left that was sweet n by tha way im the 14yr old dauqhter n i love my daddy a whole fuckin lot
Nikki
Jun 27, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Kiran,
You need to wash your mouth out with soap to start, then you can learn to speak/write english.
You may be mad and disgusted with the comments made but you should take into consideration how other people see the situation. You might try to kill them with kindness, understanding and knowledge. I would have hoped that a young girl that has been in such a situation might have more compasion and empathy for everyone. Grow up and GET OUT OF THE HOOD!!
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