Man receives 8 years in prison for TV noise stabbingStaff writer, with CNAA Taichung man was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison on Tuesday for stabbing two people during a dispute over noise from a neighbor's television. The entrance to the Taichung District Court is pictured in an undated photograph. Photo: Chang Jui-chen, Taipei TimesLin went to confront his 71-year-old neighbor, surnamed Chen (陳), at her home in Wufeng District (霧峰) on Oct. 16 last year, complaining that her TV was too loud, prosecutors said. A 71-year-old auto repair shop worker, surnamed Shih (施), who heard the argument, attempted to intervene, they said. Lin was in 2023 convicted for a similar knife attack against a neighbor, raising concerns about repeated violent behavior, prosecutors said.

Source: Taipei Times March 31, 2026 10:38 UTC