Murderer Toby Loughnane is imprisoned for 28 years because he killed his girlfriend and then dumped her body in remote Bushland.
The 45-year-old looked up and nodded when he was convicted on Friday in the Victorian Supreme Court, while the family of Maryam Hamka watched.
Loughnane claimed that the 37-year-old died of an overdose of drugs in the early hours of 11 April 2021, and his only crime did not call an ambulance.
But the jury rejected that theory, instead he accepted the prosecutor's affair that Loughnane has deadly abused Mrs. Hamka with murderous intention.
He then threw her body in a shallow grave in Cape Scanck in southeastern Melbourne, before he led researchers into her remains in August 2023.
Justice Christopher Beale described the murder just as terrible as he sentenced Loughnane to 28 years behind bars.
He is eligible for conditional release after 20 years.
Justice Beale said that the murder took place in the context of long -term family violence, which was an aggravating function.
Maryam Hamka disappeared in 2021 with her remains later found in Cape Sanck in Victoria
Mrs. Hamka's ex Toby Loughnane (photo) has been convicted of her murder
“The fatal violence that you have imposed on her was not an isolated incident,” said Justice Beale on Friday.
But Loughnane should receive some discount on the sentence because he has unveiled the location of Mrs. Hamka's body to the police, said Justice Beale.
The family and friends of Mrs. Hamka looked from the public gallery while the sentence was pronounced on Friday morning.
Her brother Ayman Hamka had called for 'justice to be served', although he acknowledged that no sense would ever bring his sister back.
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