Falcon Kaine Walsh has been sentenced to prison for two years and six months after admitting he punched and kicked a man on the ground in an unprovoked attack.
The victim of a vicious assault in Havelock North has not forgiven his attacker, his sister says.
The Hastings woman said after Falcon Kaine Walsh's sentencing in Hastings District Court yesterday, she and her brother were pleased with Judge Tony Adeane's decision, although they would have preferred a tougher sentence.
"Obviously we're rapt. We're pleased that he [Walsh] is made to face some consequences for his actions. What he did is a horrible thing and [the victim] is still facing it. For a while, we were thinking he might not get anything. It's been an emotional day."
Asked if she and her brother had forgiven Walsh, she said: "No, I wouldn't go that far. We'd like to have seen him go away for longer but two-and-a-half years is better than nothing." The victim, a 32-year-old Hastings electrician, has resumed work this week, working just two hours a day as he continues to recover physically and emotionally from the attack.
