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Bangladeshi student sentenced to 42 yrs in Australia

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Published: 10:54, 5 June 2019   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Bangladeshi student sentenced to 42 yrs in Australia

Desk Report: A Bangladeshi student found guilty of engaging in a terrorist act after stabbing her homestay landlord in an Islamic State-inspired attack has been sentenced to 42 years in jail.

Momena Shoma attacked Roger Singaravelu with a kitchen knife while he was having an afternoon nap in his Mill Park home, in Melbourne's north, in February 2018.

The Victorian Supreme Court had heard she yelled "Allahu akbar" as she plunged the knife into Mr Singaravelu's neck with such force the blade tip broke off when it was dislodged.

His five-year-old daughter witnessed the attack and still suffers from fear, trauma and an inability to trust people.

Shoma pleaded guilty to engaging in a terrorist act for the advancing of a political, religious or ideological cause, namely violent jihad.

It is the first time a sentence has been handed down for that charge.

Shoma, who did not stand for sentencing in the Victorian Supreme Court, received a non-parole period of 31 years and six months. _Agencies

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