A man who indecently assaulted and burgled an elderly woman at knife point has been jailed for seven and a half years.
Dinesh Lal, 43 - an illegal over-stayer from Fiji - will be deported after serving a third of his sentence, the High Court at Auckland heard this morning.
In two and a half years he will be sent back to Fiji and reunited with his 46-year-old wife Ranu who, it is understood, was also sent back to Fiji after she was convicted of obstructing police to help her husband avoid arrest.
Justice Edwin Wylie said Lal targeted the Papatoetoe home because he knew the owner and would likely have been aware his mother was home.
The defendant had bought cars from the victim's son, who said he considered Lal a "friend".