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Early prison release for Belmont man after fatal stabbing

A Belmont man who fatally stabbed his half-sister’s partner with two machetes, will be released from prison early after winning an appeal against the severity of his sentence.

An appeals court today finding he offered to plead guilty to manslaughter, a year before he was jailed for it.

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Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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