Indian man jailed 27 years in Australia for fatal stabbing, faces deportation

Robin Robin/Image: Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS A 30-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for 27 years in Australia for fatally stabbing a fellow international student and attempting to kill another after a drunken argument in Melbourne.Robin Robin was sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court on Friday for murdering 22-year-old Navjeet Singh Sandhu and attempting to murder 30-year-old Sharwan Singh in Ormond in May 2024, Australia Today reported.A jury found Robin guilty after he argued during the trial that he had acted in self-defence. The court imposed a 20-year non-parole period.The violence began after Robin had been drinking whisky with friends at his home while celebrating his brother Abhijeet Abhijeet buying a car. Sharwan later left the gathering to play cards at Navjeet’s home without saying goodbye, prompting Robin to call and abuse him and demand that he return repeatedly.When Sharwan eventually came back with Navjeet to collect his belongings, Robin attacked him with a knife, stabbing him in the chest.Navjeet stepped in to help his friend but was then attacked himself. Robin grabbed him by the collar and stabbed him repeatedly as he tried to get away.Navjeet suffered fa...