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Teenager sentenced to 8 years in detention for murder of 18-year-old woman in Newman
A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to a minimum of three years in detention for murdering a woman in Newman, in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, last year.
Key points:
- The 17-year-old boy was sentenced to eight years and four months’ detention
- The court took into account his FASD diagnosis and cognitive impairments
- He will be required to serve three years before being eligible for parole
The 18-year-old woman died in the early hours of May 6, after being bashed on the head with a rock several times.
The pair had been drinking heavily at a party.
Her body was left at Newman Hospital in a wheelie bin.
In sentencing the teenager, the President of WA’s Children’s Court, Judge Hylton Quail, took into account the boy’s early guilty plea,…
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