Photo / Andrew WarnerThe events leading up to Breen Makiri snr stabbing his son with a butcher's knife 12 times in a "frenzied attack" have been described as a "perfect storm" because of the father's head injury. The serious assault put Makiri snr in a coma for six days and in hospital for a month. The summary said Makiri snr told his son to leave but Makiri jnr refused, saying he had paid money and bought food for the house. When Makiri jnr picked up the television and threw it, Makiri snr picked up a butcher's knife and began stabbing his son. "He has suffered physically and emotionally and that is something you have to bear for the rest of your life," Justice Walker told Makiri snr.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 07, 2021 23:03 UTC