Baz Michael Edmonds has been sentenced to eight years jail with a minimum non-parole period of four and a half years for the manslaughter of Andre James de la Mare.
Edmonds claimed he was acting in self-defence when he stabbed Mr de la Mare in Olliviers Road, Phillipstown, in a confrontation outside Edmonds' house on August 25 last year.
He denied a charge of murder and was found guilty of manslaughter in the High Court at Christchurch.
- NZPA
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