00:00a meth-fueled tradie who ran down a workmate severing his leg and then violently attacked
00:09him with a demolition hammer will spend at least 12 years behind bars a court heard Matthew William
00:16Lawson was under the influence of methyl amphetamine and alcohol and not slept for a week when he
00:22attacked Trey black at a Perth work site in July 2024 mr. black lost his right leg and suffered
00:30fractures to his pelvis skull jaw cheek and eye socket and a bleed on the brain spending 11 days
00:38in a coma Lawson who was in the grip of an acute psychotic episode pursued mr. black on foot and
00:45then in his car before mowing him down as mr. black was laying on the ground with a severed leg and
00:51broken pelvis mr. Lawson got out of the car and repeatedly struck him to the head with
00:57a demolition hammer fracturing his skull Lawson was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment
01:03eligible for parole after 12 years for attempted murder
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