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Man jailed for random killing of Christchurch mother Laisa Waka

By Katie Stevenson, 1News Reporter
November 18, 2022
Laisa Maraia Waka, right.

Laisa Maraia Waka, right. (Source: 1News)

Zakariye Hussein has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non parole period of 13 years for the killing of Christchurch mother Laisa Waka.

In June the mother of four was making her way home from work when she was stabbed by the man who she didn’t know.

Hussein pleaded guilty to her murder in September.

Zakariye Hussein attacked Waka, a mother of four, as she returned home from work. (Source: 1News)

At sentencing today Justice Cameron Mander said Waka “did nothing to provoke the attack nor was there anything she could do to prevent it.”

Zakariye Hussein

Zakariye Hussein (Source: 1News)

Her family spoke at the sentencing of their grief at losing a loving wife and mother.

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