A man found guilty of the stabbing murder of a fellow Sri Lankan refugee in Adelaide's north has been jailed for at least 20 years, ABC News reported.
Ketheshwaran Sivaperuman, 35, bled to death after being stabbed once with a large kitchen knife at his Elizabeth South home in January last year. The Supreme Court heard his killer, Satheeswaran Suppiah, 31, stabbed Sivaperuman after a falling-out, in which Suppiah was called "a lady-boy". Suppiah was also a refugee from Sri Lanka. The men were neighbours at the time of the murder and the court heard at one stage the pair even lived together. About one month before the murder, the men "had a falling out", Justice David Lovell was quoted as saying. The court was previously told on the day of the murder, Suppiah had been drinking heavily, and had hidden the knife in his shorts before going to Sivaperuman's house. Suppiah had tried to blame another man for the crime. He said he only had the knife to cut apples, but another man grabbed his hand and forced the knife into the victim's stomach. The court was told Sivaperuman was stabbed in the abdomen with such force the blade damaged his spine and exposed his intestine.
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