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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Olivia Ireland

'Japanese-style knife' used in assault, theft from housemate

A member of a group that staged a burglary before stealing from a housemate, who had a "tanto Japanese-style knife" pressed into his neck, has avoided further time behind bars.

Faisal Al-Mdwali, 23, pleaded guilty to charges of threatening to kill, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and joint commission theft in June.

ACT Supreme Court sentencing remarks, published on Wednesday, show he was sentenced earlier this month to a backdated four-month jail term.

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