CANBERRA, ACT, Sept. 23 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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A West Australian man who attacked his brother with a bladed weapon following an argument in Thailand in 2019 is the first person in the country to be convicted of causing harm to an Australian citizen overseas.
He was sentenced in the Perth District Court today (23 September, 2026) to a maximum of seven years' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of five years.
The Casuarina man, now 50, was living in Thailand when he attacked his older brother in February, 2019, during that brother's visit to the country. The attack left the victim severely injured, with emergency surgery required to repair and...