Australia - A street preacher who stabbed his former neighbour in a north Canberra takeaway shop leaving him a quadriplegic has been sentenced to nine years jail. Isa Islam had a long-running conflict with Andrew Dyer who lived in his public housing block at Ainslie Village, and had complained of him stealing his property. On a Saturday morning in July 2009, Islam had preached outside the Ainslie Shops, then waited for the man to start work at an Ainslie takeaway store. Soon after he arrived, Islam stabbed the man with a paring knife, smashed his head to the ground, and stomped on his head. Mr Dyer suffered a stab wound to his spinal cord and is now a quadriplegic. Islam was acquitted of attempted murder but was convicted of intentionally inflicting grievous bodily harm. Acting Justice Jane Mathews sentenced the 38-year-old to nine years jail with a non-parole period of four years and six months. Islam has been in custody since the attack and will be eligible for release in 2014. Full Story>>
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