Posted on 08/28/2016 4:05:49 PM PDT by posterchild
The man who stabbed his wife twice last summer will not be sentenced to prison, a judge determined Thursday afternoon.
Navinkumar Patel, 46, of Shawnee, was arrested in late June 2015 after he stabbed his wife in the abdomen at Lawrence's Super 8 Motel, 515 McDonald Drive, which he owns. He pleaded no contest to felony charges of attempted second-degree murder and criminal threat in March.
After Patel's plea, Douglas County District Court Judge Robert Fairchild ordered him committed to Larned State Hospital for a mental health evaluation.
Thursday, Patel appeared in court to be sentenced. Fairchild sentenced him to probation, the terms of which have not yet been decided, however.
In court, the doctor who evaluated him, Bradley Grinage, testified that Patel suffers from bipolar disorder, an illness that was exacerbated by alcohol addiction.
If Patel stops drinking and continues to take his medication, Grinage said he is at a low risk for a repeat offense.
More than a dozen of Patel's family members, including his wife, showed up in court Thursday to support him. Many wrote letters to Fairchild, asking him to sentence Patel to probation.
Patel's attorney, John Kerns, called the case "unusual, to say the least."
Kerns told Fairchild that in the Hindu culture of Patel's family, his wife and children would also suffer if he were sentenced to prison. They would essentially be "ostracized," he said.
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The motel he once owned was demolished a few months ago.
Better to be Osterized.
Right. They need to blend in.
Beautiful.
Hang this guy and the judge.
Yes, Patel. Thats their national surname.
I wonder how motel tending got in their blood?
Why do Americans accept that their valuable assets be overwhelmingly owned by foreigners with disdain for people’s native values??
Avoid Motel 8s.
I have been motel billboards that point out that the business is American-owned, as if that were the exception to the rule.
“Kerns told Fairchild that in the Hindu culture of Patel’s family, his wife and children would also suffer if he were sentenced to prison. They would essentially be “ostracized,” he said.”
Jesse Jackson has got to be pissed he didn’t think of that one.
This is outrageous. The spouses and children of Christian killers also might suffer. Yet they are sent to prison for attempted murder. I wonder if some money changed hands or if Judge Robert Fairchild is a mentally ill.
, his wife and children would also suffer if he were sentenced to prison. They would essentially be “ostracized,” he said.
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oh yes...
its always so much healthier to be stabbed to death...
Most folks don’t know it, but foreigners from India, Muslims from the Mideast etc, bought up most of the mid-sized hotels from coast to coast. Same with many of the fast food slop joints.
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