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Gregory Quartermaine handed life sentence for ‘brutal’ machete murder in Tambellup
A WA man who claimed he was “cursed” and driven by “the devil” when he fatally attacked a lifelong friend with a machete has been sentenced to life in jail with an 18-year minimum.
WARNING: This story contains graphic content that some readers may find upsetting.
Key points:
- Wilfred Williams was attacked with a machete and other sharp weapons
- Gregory Quartermaine was under the influence of drugs at the time
- The judge called it an “extraordinarily brutal explosion of violence”
Gregory John William Quartermaine, 42, was found guilty of murdering 60-year-old Wilfred Williams at a house in the Great Southern town of Tambellup, where a number of children were present, in August 2019.
Quartermaine was under the influence of methylamphetamine and…
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