Salzburg Muslim jailed for fuel attack against wife

A Tunisian Muslim has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for threatening to set his wife on fire.Judges at Salzburg’s Provincial Court heard today (Thurs) how the 30-year-old had asked his wife what she would do if he burnt the house down – before showering her with petrol in front of their son.The Austrian woman, 25, who has filed for divorce in the meantime, said in court: "We quarrelled almost everyday. He wanted to discuss something that night, but I couldn’t be bothered and went upstairs to lie down next to our son."She added: "He entered the room a short while later and asked me what I would do if he set all we had on fire. He then poured some liquid over my head. It smelled like petrol."The family mum said the man – who has a criminal record – then played around with a lighter. "I thought my kid and I would perish," she said, speaking about the incident that occurred earlier this year.Asked why she had waited for months before getting in touch with police, the woman explained: "I fought to get him out of custody when he was most recently jailed, some time before the petrol attack. I told myself our child should not grow up without a father. I tried to keep up an illusion."The defendant, who denied ever having threatened or physically attacked the women, accused her of lying. "I don’t even own a canister," he said.