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Sydney man who killed pregnant girlfriend with kitchen knife jailed Sydney man who killed pregnant girlfriend with kitchen knife jailed
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A Sydney man who killed his pregnant girlfriend by stabbing her in the chest with a kitchen knife has been jailed for a minimum of nine-and-a-half years.A Sydney man who killed his pregnant girlfriend by stabbing her in the chest with a kitchen knife has been jailed for a minimum of nine-and-a-half years.
Christopher John Anderson was sentenced to 12 years and nine months, with no parole for at least nine-and-a-half years, in the Sydney supreme court on Friday for the 2013 manslaughter of 23-year-old Allira Green.Christopher John Anderson was sentenced to 12 years and nine months, with no parole for at least nine-and-a-half years, in the Sydney supreme court on Friday for the 2013 manslaughter of 23-year-old Allira Green.
There were loud gasps from Green’s family when the sentence was read out.There were loud gasps from Green’s family when the sentence was read out.
Anderson, 41, showed no emotion from the dock.Anderson, 41, showed no emotion from the dock.
Outside the court, Green’s mother, Nadia Green-Sims, said she was happy with the decision.Outside the court, Green’s mother, Nadia Green-Sims, said she was happy with the decision.
“We’ve got to move on now,” she told reporters through tears. “I mean, it was never going to bring Allira back, no matter what he got.”“We’ve got to move on now,” she told reporters through tears. “I mean, it was never going to bring Allira back, no matter what he got.”
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The court heard the couple had a volatile relationship and exchanged terse text messages in the days leading up to the stabbing.The court heard the couple had a volatile relationship and exchanged terse text messages in the days leading up to the stabbing.
In the early hours of 3 August 2013, Anderson forced his way into the Maroubra unit of one of Green’s friends and refused to leave, saying at one point words along the lines of: “I’m going to get you.”In the early hours of 3 August 2013, Anderson forced his way into the Maroubra unit of one of Green’s friends and refused to leave, saying at one point words along the lines of: “I’m going to get you.”
After a struggle Green, five to six months pregnant, grabbed a kitchen knife and moved towards her partner. He disarmed her and stabbed her in the chest, the blade piercing 15cm into her chest wall and upper heart.After a struggle Green, five to six months pregnant, grabbed a kitchen knife and moved towards her partner. He disarmed her and stabbed her in the chest, the blade piercing 15cm into her chest wall and upper heart.
Summarising the case, Justice Peter Hall noted there was evidence Anderson and Green had taken the drug ice before the deadly attack. He rejected defence claims that Green provoked the stabbing by “rushing” at her boyfriend with the knife.Summarising the case, Justice Peter Hall noted there was evidence Anderson and Green had taken the drug ice before the deadly attack. He rejected defence claims that Green provoked the stabbing by “rushing” at her boyfriend with the knife.
She had picked up the weapon in response to the aggression and violence Anderson had unleashed, Hall said.She had picked up the weapon in response to the aggression and violence Anderson had unleashed, Hall said.
“It is clear that she did so in her own self-defence against a violent and aggressive male offender,” he said. “It is plain that the offender’s act of deliberately stabbing the deceased in the chest represented an extreme and grossly excessive response.”“It is clear that she did so in her own self-defence against a violent and aggressive male offender,” he said. “It is plain that the offender’s act of deliberately stabbing the deceased in the chest represented an extreme and grossly excessive response.”
Anderson would have been sentenced to 16 years’ jail but for his guilty plea at the start of his second trial last November.Anderson would have been sentenced to 16 years’ jail but for his guilty plea at the start of his second trial last November.