Artūras Daikeris gets six months for assaulting his wife

A Vilnius court has sentenced imprisoned businessman Artūras Daikeris to six months in prison for assaulting his wife, LRT reported. The sentence, combined with his other sentences, brings his total term to one year and five months.

Judge Erlandas Stanislovaitis of Vilnius City District Court issued the ruling on Wednesday. Time Daikeris has already spent in custody will count towards the term, so he is likely to serve less time. The ruling can be appealed.

The assault took place on the evening of April 12 while the couple were drinking alcohol. Daikeris struck his wife in the face. Police measured his blood alcohol level at 2.38 parts per thousand. He expressed regret when the case came before the court.

In May, the same court sentenced Daikeris to one year and two months in prison for four acts of domestic violence against his wife. In October, police detained him to begin serving that sentence, and he was taken to Marijampolė Prison after a Vilnius Regional Court ruling rejecting his appeal.

Daikeris has also been convicted of drunk driving. In September 2023, Lithuania’s Supreme Court upheld a ruling concerning two offences involving the same Audi Q8: evading a sobriety test in August 2020 and driving with a blood alcohol level of 1.97 parts per thousand in September that year. The court also upheld the confiscation of 102,820 euros.