A Kaitāia woman who stabbed a man in what has been accepted as likely self-defence has been sentenced.
Thelma Ngawhika appeared before Judge Keith De Ridder in the Whangārei District Court for a sentence on one charge of assault with intent to injure, following an incident that occurred following an afternoon of drinking.
Ngawhika had originally been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, however the Crown offered her a lesser charge to which she pleaded guilty in March.
The court heard that in August of 2022, Ngawhika had been drinking with the male victim when an argument broke out between the pair. She then grabbed a knife from the kitchen and stabbed him in the right side of his chest.