A 24-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison in Samoa after he entered guilty pleas to two counts of murder.
Simanu’a Manuele Photo: Supplied
Simanu'a Manuele, of Falefa and Toamua villages admitted to the charges when he appeared in the Supreme Court.
Police said the defendant was an employee of a family business at Leulumoega Uta at the time of the killings.
He was armed with a machete with which he inflicted horrific, fatal injuries on a 69-year-old man who had arrived in Samoa to visit his family the previous day.
One of the employees at the business, a 45-year-old, was also killed.
Simanu'a was in tears when police escorted him from the court after the sentencing.