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An abattoir worker who woke up to find his friend trying to rape him and reacted by fatally stabbing him 49 times has been jailed for six years.
Newcastle Supreme Court Justice Helen Wilson accepted Jamie Cust had freaked out when being sexually assaulted by Filipino national Jesus Bebita and the savage killing was caused by extreme provocation.
Justice Wilson said it was clear Cust, 23, had lost all self-control when he attacked Mr Bebita, 41, in such a 'frenzied fashion'.
She said Cust's 'ferocious response' to being sexually assaulted might have been prompted by an adrenaline rush to the brain to do whatever he could to fight off Mr Bebita when in a hazy and vulnerable state between sleep and consciousness.
Jamie Cust (pictured) has been sentenced to six years jail after stabbing friend and coworker Jesus Bebita 49 times after waking to Bebita sexually assaulting him
Jailing Cust on Thursday for six years with a minimum of four-and-a-half years, the judge was satisfied the evidence on balance showed Mr Bebita had been trying to have sex with Cust when he woke up.
A jury found Cust not guilty of murdering Mr Bebita on the basis he had acted in extreme provocation but guilty of manslaughter in the early hours of December 18, 2018.
The two men had been friends and colleagues at the JBS Meatworks at Scone when Cust was invited over
