Vic: Woman who killed former partner sentenced

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2008
Vic: Woman who killed former partner sentenced

A Victorian woman .. who was suffering post-natal depression when she stabbed her former
partner to death .. has been sentenced to nine years in jail.

22-year-old AMANDA JANE FELSBOURG .. of Moe in the state's south-east .. was found
guilty last year by a Supreme Court jury of the manslaughter of 26-year-old WAYNE LAFFEY.

Today .. Supreme Court Justice BERNARD TEAGUE sentenced FELSBOURG to nine years' jail
.. with a non-parole period of six years.

The court was told Mr LAFFEY was found stabbed to death on the front lawn of a house
in Moe on October 3 .. 2006 .. with more than 30 stab wounds to his chest .. arms and
legs.

In sentencing .. Justice TEAGUE said he accepted that at the time .. FELSBOURG was
suffering post-natal depression after the birth of the couple's daughter .. JADE .. in
July 2005.

He said he also took into account her lack of prior convictions .. and excellent prospects
of rehabilitation.

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KEYWORD: FELSBOURG (MELBOURNE)

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