Because the court was convinced that he wanted to poison his wife with a prepared cinnamon roll, a 39-year-old man from Erlangen was sentenced to six years and three months in prison.
He also has to go to rehab.
The 19th criminal chamber of the Nuremberg-Fürth regional court saw in its judgment on Thursday the offense of attempted murder in unity with dangerous bodily harm as fulfilled.
In addition, violations of the Narcotics Act were included in the punishment.
The man had brought the poisoned biscuits for his wife, supposedly to put her out of action temporarily.
The man's goal was to be able to spend longer than planned time with their son.
The woman had eaten it and was seriously ill.
Later, the woman's mother also ate from the snail - she even had to be ventilated artificially in the hospital and was in mortal danger.
The public prosecutor's office had previously demanded a nine-year prison sentence in their plea.
The defense had considered a conviction for dangerous bodily harm sufficient because there was no intention to kill.