THE man who confessed to stabbing the head of a Bangladeshi with a kitchen knife in May will be sentenced on October 23.
This followed the sentencing submissions and mitigation on Thursday before Magistrate Emily Zazariko Vagibule Pakoa.
Nigel Haibagau had pleaded guilty to one count of Acts Intended to Cause Grievous Harm, an offence that carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
The complainant in this matter is a male from Bangladesh served as the cashier of Suba Enterprise Limited, a shop just opposite the White River clinic, when the incident occurred.
He knew the defendant because he was one of the shop’s customers and the defendant lived close to the shop.
Before incident, the defendant went into the shop and took some goods and the complainant told him to pay for them first.
But Haibagau instead threatened the complainant that he would kill him.
On 26 May at around 3pm, the complainant was at the shop counter of the shop when the defendant walked into the shop with a kitchen knife.
He entered the shop and without saying anything, he walked straight to the counter and hit the counter with the hand that he held the knife and went on to stab him in the left side of his head.
After this, Haibagau escaped but was arrested shortly after.
The complainant received an injury to his head and was assisted to the National Referral Hospital (NRH) for medical assistance.
He was discharged from hospital on May 28.
The defendant was just recently released from prison after serving a jail time for a charge of grievous harm for a different incident.
Allan Tinoni of Public Solicitor’s Office is representing Haibagau.
By ASSUMPTA BUCHANAN
Solomon Star, Honiara
