Justice Leiataualesa Darrel Clarke

Samoa father jailed for stabbing wife multiple times

The police said the crime happened in front of the couple's children.

They had been separated for two years when the stabbing occurred in February last year.

Justice Leiataualesa Darrel Clarke said domestic violence in Samoa and other communities around the world is at such a level of frequency and seriousness that deterrent sentences are generally necessary.