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Man gets 10 year sentence in triple stabbing

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 11 Oct, 2024 09:38 AM

A Surrey man has been handed a ten-year sentence for a triple stabbing in 2020 that killed his sister-in-law and left his niece and elderly father seriously injured.

The man was convicted of one count of manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault.

Family members testified that the man had anger issues before the stabbing.

The man is a dual citizen of Australia and India and will be deported after completing his sentence.

Family members testified that the man had anger issues before the stabbing.

The man is a dual citizen of Australia and India and will be deported after completing his sentence.

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