Sydney woman jailed for fatally running down abusive ex, eligible for release in months

Peter Stone died from sepsis following serious injuries sustained when struck by a vehicle; Samantha Hooker faces imprisonment following years of domestic abuse and mental health deterioration.

In a Sydney courtroom, the law wrestled with one of its oldest dilemmas: how to weigh a life taken against a life slowly destroyed. Samantha Hooker, a 47-year-old woman whose years with an abusive ex-partner had eroded her mental stability, was sentenced to three years and nine months for the manslaughter of Peter Stone, who died from sepsis weeks after she drove her car into him. Justice Dhanji found that extreme provocation and psychological impairment — forged through sustained domestic abuse — were inseparable from her actions that August afternoon in Schofields. With time already served,

Sydney woman jailed for fatally running down abusive ex, eligible for release in months

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