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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3408192a11,00.html
A woman who cannot hear or speak is in hiding in New Zealand from her estranged husband who is due to be released from custody in Canada later this month.
The woman, Sharmila, was attacked by her husband of 13 years in April last year in Edmonton, Canada, with a large pair of scissors and her arms damaged so badly she had trouble communicating.
The couple are now divorced.
But though her former husband - Mukesh Ratnum Gounder, 33 - was sentenced last week to a total of three years and 60 days in jail for the attack, he will actually be released on September 29.
He received credit for time in custody and in hospital since the attack, Edmonton Journal newspaper reported.
Sharmila, who worked two jobs, had just finished a late shift at McDonald's when Gounder - also a deaf-mute - broke into her apartment as she was changing their 18-month-old daughter's nappy. The couple's seven-year-old son witnessed the attack and called police.
The attack stripped much of the skin off Sharmila's forearms as she tried to defend herself, and she suffered stab wounds to her chest, stomach, back and arms before she was able to push her husband out of the apartment.
Sharmila still bears disfiguring scars from the defence wounds on her arms, which left her unable to use sign language properly for some time, another newspaper, the Edmonton Sun reported.
The attack came within days of a court order for Gounder to stay away in the wake of an earlier attack on her, on April 14 2004.
The prosecutor in last week's case, Allison Downey, sought a sentence of 4-½ to seven years, and said she was not pleased with the court's decision to release Gounder at the end of this month.
Provincial court Judge Lloyd Malin gave Gounder two-and-a-half days of credit for each of the 384 days he spent in the Edmonton Remand Centre, where he was allegedly beaten by other inmates. He also received a day-and-a-half of credit for each day he spent in Alberta Hospital.
Gounder last December pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and breaching the earlier court order, but other related charges, including attempted murder and housebreaking, were withdrawn.
Gounder, who moved to Canada from Fiji with his family 17 years ago, was ordered to surrender his passport, pay his former wife $C15,000 ($NZ18,206) in restitution, and contact his former wife only through legal counsel.
A woman who cannot hear or speak is in hiding in New Zealand from her estranged husband who is due to be released from custody in Canada later this month.
The woman, Sharmila, was attacked by her husband of 13 years in April last year in Edmonton, Canada, with a large pair of scissors and her arms damaged so badly she had trouble communicating.
The couple are now divorced.
But though her former husband - Mukesh Ratnum Gounder, 33 - was sentenced last week to a total of three years and 60 days in jail for the attack, he will actually be released on September 29.
He received credit for time in custody and in hospital since the attack, Edmonton Journal newspaper reported.
Sharmila, who worked two jobs, had just finished a late shift at McDonald's when Gounder - also a deaf-mute - broke into her apartment as she was changing their 18-month-old daughter's nappy. The couple's seven-year-old son witnessed the attack and called police.
The attack stripped much of the skin off Sharmila's forearms as she tried to defend herself, and she suffered stab wounds to her chest, stomach, back and arms before she was able to push her husband out of the apartment.
Sharmila still bears disfiguring scars from the defence wounds on her arms, which left her unable to use sign language properly for some time, another newspaper, the Edmonton Sun reported.
The attack came within days of a court order for Gounder to stay away in the wake of an earlier attack on her, on April 14 2004.
The prosecutor in last week's case, Allison Downey, sought a sentence of 4-½ to seven years, and said she was not pleased with the court's decision to release Gounder at the end of this month.
Provincial court Judge Lloyd Malin gave Gounder two-and-a-half days of credit for each of the 384 days he spent in the Edmonton Remand Centre, where he was allegedly beaten by other inmates. He also received a day-and-a-half of credit for each day he spent in Alberta Hospital.
Gounder last December pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and breaching the earlier court order, but other related charges, including attempted murder and housebreaking, were withdrawn.
Gounder, who moved to Canada from Fiji with his family 17 years ago, was ordered to surrender his passport, pay his former wife $C15,000 ($NZ18,206) in restitution, and contact his former wife only through legal counsel.