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Father jailed for fatally stabbing son on remote APY Lands during argument over PlayStation

Duncan Jowel O'Toole was sentenced in the District Court. (ABC News: Che Chorley)

A Supreme Court judge has found there are special reasons to give a lenient jail term to a man who stabbed his son in the thighs, unintentionally causing the teenager's death, while inflicting what the court heard was a modern form of traditional Aboriginal punishment.

Duncan Jowel O'Toole, 41, pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the death of his 19-year-old son in August 2021.

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