3-12-2019

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A Clark County woman who tried to stab her live-in boyfriend to death with a samurai sword was sentenced to nineteen years in prison.

Police say 31-year-old Emily Javier attacked because she believed he was cheating on her and spent too much time playing video games.

She was sentenced Monday for the March 2018 assault.

Prosecutors asked for a twenty-year sentence saying the amount of premeditation that went into the attack was “huge and probably more than the court has ever seen.”

The Columbian reports her defense asked for an exceptional downward sentence, after a psychologist determined she had PTSD relating to childhood sexual abuse.