A Cape Breton woman has been sentenced to nine years in prison for her role in what a judge described as a brutal, two-on-one attack that claimed the life of a 41-year-old father of four.

Jessica Anne MacDonald, 38, previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of Stephen Rose, who was stabbed 147 times and left for dead in a Sydney apartment in November 2019.

MacDonald's sentencing was conducted last December in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Sydney, but the decision was only published th…