Illegal immigrant gets 14 years for stabbing woman

Carolyn Hileman - The Voice* | June 18, 2008

An undocumented Mexican immigrant was sentenced Monday to 14 years in prison after he was found guilty in April of attempted murder and aggravated domestic battery for stabbing a woman during an argument at the Glen View Club in north suburban Golf, prosecutors said.

Santos Cordero, 45, apologized and told the court he had a severe drinking problem when he stabbed the woman, 39, in the abdomen with a serrated knife in August.

Prosecutors said Cordero will have to serve 85 percent of the sentence before he is eligible for parole. Cordero could have been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison, prosecutors said.

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