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Woman jailed for nine years after fatally stabbing partner
A Queensland woman who stabbed her partner in anger with a hunting knife has been sentenced to nine years in prison over his death.
Key points:
- Renee Helen Blockey pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the Crown accepted she had not intended to kill John Windle
- Blockey will be eligible for parole in January 2022, after serving three years and nine months behind bars
- Several supporters of Mr Windle erupted in anger in the public gallery after the sentence was handed down
Renee Helen Blockey, 43, was initially charged with murdering 41-year-old John Windle at her home as Macleay Island off Brisbane in April 2018, but later pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the Crown accepted she had not intended to kill.
She wept in the dock of the Supreme…
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