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September 21st, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
A PERTH man who repeatedly stabbed his de facto partner with a kitchen knife and bashed her head with a frying pan has been sentenced to a maximum of nine years in prison.
Murray Peter John Marrett, 56, was sentenced in the WA Supreme Court today after pleading guilty to the attempted murder of his partner Rhonda Phillips on April 21 this year.
The court was told the pair had an argument over money that resulted in Marrett stabbing Ms Phillips in the head, chest, arms and back, leaving her with a collapsed lung.
When Ms Phillips asked Marrett to call her an ambulance, he returned to their bedroom where she lay bleeding and hit her on the head with a frying pan, believing he was putting her out of her misery because she was going to die from her wounds.
Marrett then threw Ms Phillips’ car keys in the rubbish and put her mobile phone in water before driving to South Australia.
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The court was told he had planned to commit suicide, and even wrote a note, but on reflection decided to hand himself in to police on April 28. He was extradited to WA on April 29.
Ms Phillips crawled to a fixed-line phone in the house the day after the attack and called emergency services, who rushed her to hospital for surgery.
In sentencing, Supreme Court Justice Lindy Jenkins said she accepted Marrett had showed remorse and had taken responsibility for his actions by turning himself in to police and pleading guilty.
However, she said the offence, which carries a maximum penalty of life in prison, was still very serious because he had intended to kill Ms Phillips.
Justice Jenkins said she hoped the process of creating a victim impact statement had helped Ms Phillips “heal”.
Reading from the statement, Justice Jenkins said Ms Phillips had been a happy person previously but was left “devastated” by the attack.
Ms Phillips suffered a broken nose and teeth, cracked ribs and a cut to her forehead near her eye, which was a “constant reminder” of the brutal attack, she said.
She will need reconstructive surgery and still has psychological scars from the assault, Justice Jenkins said.
She said Marrett had an alcohol problem that he refused to acknowledge and although he had no history of violence of this nature, he had “lost control” on several occasions and become violent towards people.
Justice Jenkins sentenced Marrett to serve a maximum of nine years prison with a non-parole period of seven years, backdated to April 28 when he was taken into custody.
Justice Jenkins also ordered a lifetime restraining order against Marrett so he cannot be within 50m of Ms Phillips.
Outside court, Detective Sergeant Ross Whitmore spoke on behalf of Ms Phillips, who was still too traumatised to speak to the media.
Det Sgt Whitmore told reporters it was a “horrific” attack that had an “insurmountable” impact on the victim.
“It took a lot of work and assistance from various agencies to get her prepared to come here (to court today),” he said.
Det Sgt Whitmore said the sentence had provided relief for Ms Phillips, but she still had a long way to go to recover psychologically.
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