Manglona imposed a 10-year prison term against Vicente Limes Laniyo during the sentencing last week, with no possibility of parole.
The judge also ordered him to pay a $1,000 fine and submit to counseling at the Community Guidance Center.
The defendant requested the court to temporarily release him for two weeks to prepare his divorce papers.
During the sentencing hearing, the victim, a woman who is 4’10 tall and weighs 98 lbs. asked the court for leniency for her husband, who stands 5’7 and weighs 260 lbs.
She asked the court to impose a short jail term and to allow him to work so he can support the victim and the children.
The victim told the court that she had forgiven Laniyo.
Manglona said the scope of the injury the defendant inflicted on the victim was not readily apparent to the court at the hearing, but the photos of her injuries taken on the night of the attack “makes one wonder how she survived the ordeal.”
Manglona said the victim sustained an 8-inch laceration on her hand and head, numerous cuts and puncture wounds on her arms, legs, knees and a 4-inch laceration on her back.
The victim earlier said: “I don’t know how many times he hit me on the head but I do know that the front of my scalp was hanging down already.”
The victim told the court that the beating started when the power went off, and continued after the power came back on.
Manglona said the defendant was not drunk and had not taken any drugs when he beat the victim.
“What’s troubling about this case is that the defendant is a large man yet he used weapons to assault the victim,” Manglona said.
The judge said the defendant “needs to be incapacitated for a substantial amount of time to protect the victim and to deter others.”
Laniyo, who was last assigned at the PSS food and nutrition service program, inflicted numerous serious wounds on his wife in the early morning hours of Aug. 26, 2007.
Documents showed that the couple was alone in their home in Garapan that night because the children were over at the victim’s sister.
Laniyo accused the victim of “fooling around.”
He then started hitting her with a machete, a rifle, and a pocket knife.
The couple have been married for 16 years and have six children.
The defendant has a history of domestic violence, and on three prior occasions pleaded guilty to assault and battery.
He only served a maximum of four days in the most recent case, and on each incident, he apologized to the victim and she forgave him.
The Attorney General’s Office charged Laniyo with three counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, one count of assault and battery, and one count of kidnapping in 2007.
He entered into a plea agreement and pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and battery.
The government dismissed the remaining charges against the defendant.
