美國男子在臺法庭上自殺而亡

An American father-of-two has killed himself in a Taiwan court after being given a four-year prison sentence.

判了四年有期徒刑後，一個有兩個孩子的父親在臺灣法庭上自殺。

English teacher Tyrel Martin Marhanka plunged a pair of scissors into his neck and severed his arteries on Thursday at the Changhua District Court moments after a judge handed him the jail term for possessing marijuana and opium.

週四，在昌化區法庭上，英語教師Tyrel Martin Marhanka將一把剪刀插入自己的頸部，並割斷了動脈。之前，一個法官因爲持有大麻和鴉片判處他徒刑。

The married 41-year-old who used to live in Illinois reportedly turned to the translator who told him the punishment and said: 'Four years?'

這位已婚的41歲人士，過去長住在伊利諾伊，據報道他轉過頭朝向翻譯，翻譯告訴他判罰結果，然後他說道：“四年？”

The Taipei Times reported that he was then asked if he wanted to appeal the sentence but refused.

臺北時報報道，他隨後被詢問是否上訴，但是回答拒絕。

He then got angry and shouted: 'I don’t want to live anymore' before taking out two metal blades according to witnesses.

他憤怒的咆哮道：“我不想活了”，後來，掏出了兩片金屬刀片，據目擊者說。