A Northland mother-of-four was sentenced in the High Court in Whangarei today to life imprisonment, with a non-parole period of 10 years, for murdering her partner with a steak knife.
Rangi Marie Reti, 39, a cleaner from Russell, was found guilty in October of murdering 27-year-old Anthony Garvey.
She was also found guilty of wounding Mr Garvey with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.
During her trial the court heard Reti and Mr Garvey had been drinking at a house in Whiteman Road, Kawakawa in September last year.
She first stabbed him in the thigh, and later in the day stabbed him in the chest with a steak knife.
Defence lawyer Murray Gibson said Reti had never intended to kill him, just hurt him.
He said she suffered from post traumatic stress disorder that stemmed from being raped as an eight-year-old.
When Mr Garvey pushed her up against the wall with his hand over her mouth, she released her childhood anger as an adult.
