Sydney woman sentenced for killing and dismembering abusive husband

A court sketch of Nirmeen Noufl in the NSW supreme court on Friday. Photograph: Rocco Fazzari/AAP A court sketch of Nirmeen Noufl in the NSW supreme court on Friday. Photograph: Rocco Fazzari/AAP Australia news Sydney woman sentenced for killing and dismembering abusive husband ‘Disposal of the body in this case was as thorough as it was brutal,’ justice Peter Hamill said when sentencing 55-year-old Nirmeen Noufl

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Prefer the Guardian on Google A woman who lied to police multiple times to cover up killing and dismembering her abusive husband will spend a further 12 months in jail.

Nirmeen Noufl was sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty in August to killing her husband Mamdouh in excessive self-defence while she was being choked and assaulted in their Sydney home.