Nelson standoff: Phillip Mant jailed for 5 years over hostage and bomb threat

The woman held hostage for 15 hours during a standoff with Phillip Clinton Mant recounted her terrifying experience, while her 80-year-old father feared for her life as he was forced on the floor. Mant, fixated on a Family Court issue, was sentenced to five years and two months in prison after admitting to multiple charges related to the incident in Nelson last August.

Explain It To Me Like I’m 5:

A man held a woman and her dad at gunpoint for a long time, but he was caught and will go to jail for a while.

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