An Auckland woman who says she didn't mean to kill her boyfriend when she stabbed him in the neck with a kitchen knife has been sentenced to two years and seven months in prison.
But Xiaoyan Hu, 35, who admitted the manslaughter of Jiacui Xiao, 45, in November may soon be out of prison after spending over a year in jail on remand.
Mr Xiao was found with stab wounds at an address in Howick, southeast Auckland, on December 8, 2010. He died on the way to hospital.
Hu's lawyer Barry Hart told the High Court at Auckland that she did not mean to stab him and certainly had not meant to kill him, Fairfax reported.
Justice Patricia Courtney said Hu, who has been in custody since her 2010 arrest, was a good prospect for parole.
People serving sentences longer than two years are eligible to be considered for parole after serving one-third of their sentence.
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