Craig KapitanSenior Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·28 Aug, 2026 07:00 AM10 mins to read‌Talutoe Su'a is sentenced in Auckland District Court after kidnapping a father and son, stabbing the father repeatedly. Photo / Corey Fleming

An Auckland man who held his neighbour captive – repeatedly stabbing him in the leg and knocking him unconscious during a torture session in front of the neighbour’s terrified 12-year-old son – has been sentenced to prison, even though a judge acknowledged he might have been eligible for an insanity