Refugee in Austin gets 30 years for attacking social worker with screwdriver

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin judge sentenced a refugee from Afghanistan to 30 years in prison Wednesday afternoon for attacking a social worker with a screwdriver.
The attack happened on May 17, 2016 in Sayed Sadat’s apartment. The incident began when Sadat and his social worker had trouble communicating with a language line translator.
After being there for an hour, the social worker told Sadat she needed to go, but he got upset and insisted she call the translator line again. Whe