photo by: Richard Gwin

Navinkumar Patel, of Shawnee, looks on in court Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2015, as he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in an attempted first-degree murder case. The 46-year-old owner of Super 8 in Lawrence was accused of stabbing his wife twice in the abdomen at the motel, 515 McDonald Drive, on June 24, 2015. Patel is pictured in front of his interpreter.

A sentencing hearing for the man found guilty of stabbing his wife twice last summer has been rescheduled once more.

Navinkumar Patel, 46, of Shawnee, was arrested in late June 2015 after stabbing his wife in the abdomen at Lawrence’s Super 8 Motel, 515 McDonald Drive, which he owns.

Patel pleaded no contest to felony charges of attempted second-degree murder and criminal threats in March.

Patel was scheduled to be sentenced in Lawrence on Wednesday, but the court appearance was rescheduled.

Several other court hearings have also been rescheduled for Patel, who is a native of India, because he does not speak English and has difficulty understanding court proceedings.

Patel is now scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 25 at 3 p.m.

Depending on the findings of the pre-sentence investigation, Patel could face as much as 22 years in prison.