An Invercargill man who killed his ex-partner's lover in a frenzied knife attack was jailed for eight years when he appeared in the High Court at Invercargill yesterday.
Last month a jury acquitted Leon David Fallow, 27, of the murder of Darnell Glen Leslie on September 27 last year, returning a verdict of manslaughter. But in sentencing yesterday Justice Forrest Miller told Fallow the case was very close to murder, rejecting defence counsel Judith Ablett-Kerr's contention that provocation was a significant factor.
He imposed a minimum non-parole period of two-thirds of the sentence.
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