People have different ways of dealing with a guilty verdict in a lawsuit. In early June, a Chinese woman protested the judge’s decision by going naked in front of the courthouse.
On Friday, 47-year-old Tyrel Martin Marhanka, an American who was sentenced by a Taiwan court to four years prison term on drug charges, slashed his neck with a scissor blade inside the courtroom, reported Associated Press.
After the judge issued the verdict, Marhanka said, “I don’t want to live anymore.” He then took out the scissor blades, one in each hand, and stabbed himself on the left and right neck which cut his arteries, reported Washington Times. He was apparently able to smuggle the 21-centimeter scissors which escaped being discovered by the courthouse’s metal detectors.
He apparently hid the scissors inside a magazine which was found in the courtroom during the investigation. Following the incident, the court would put in place x-ray machines in a new building to prevent the repeat of a similar situation.
Marhanka was indicted in March for growing marijuana and opium at a rented unit in Changhua County. Rather than be jailed, the man took his life. He was rushed to a hospital after slashing his neck, but doctors declared Marhanka, who grew the illegal plants for his use, dead.
Marhanka was married to a Taiwanese woman with whom he has two children. He taught English and lived in Changhua.
In 2013, a Chinese student slashed the throat of his teacher who confiscated his mobile phone which the student was using in class.