Neck slasher jailed for eight years and nine monthsCHRISTEL YARDLEY/STUFF Sameh Khalil Salem Ali, 42, was sentenced in the High Court in Hamilton on Friday. A Hamilton man who tried to kill a supposed love rival by slashing his neck has been jailed for eight years and nine months. And Sameh Khalil Salem Ali has to stay behind bars for four years and four months before he becomes eligible for parole, a High Court judge has decreed. At one point Taupau went into a bedroom accompanied by Macwan. Ali's counsel Tom Sutcliffe argued an eight-year starting point for the sentence was more appropriate for what was definitely "opportunistic" offending.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2017 01:52 UTC