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Grandma's killers 'barbaric, devoid of human decency'
Justice Burns said the men showed no remorse and increased their parole period to 21 years after the killing and burning of Donna Howe.
- On Wednesday, the Brisbane Supreme Court sentenced Clinton Oliver and Braydon Franklin to life imprisonment for murdering Donna Howe, with Justice Martin Burns extending their non-parole period to 21 years due to their "atrocious" post-murder conduct.
- The pair murdered the 57-year-old grandmother in her Balkee Street home on May 8, 2022, in a brutal ambush; Justice Burns described the attack as "senseless and barbaric," with Oliver striking the fatal blow.
- After the killing, the men wrapped Howe's body in a rug and transported it to Beerburrum State Forest, where they doused it in petrol and set it alight; they also lied to her daughter about her whereabouts.
- Victim impact statements detailed the family's devastation; Howe's mother, Margaret Ellem, said the murder caused her "whole world" to fall apart, while daughter Tiana Dempster called the loss a "true life sentence."
- Oliver and Franklin will serve their sentences concurrently, though with different parole eligibility dates; Oliver will not be eligible for release until June 2043, while Franklin faces imprisonment until at least November 2044.
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The Sessions Court added that the family initially claimed the girl died by suicide, but their conduct after her death was ‘wholly inconsistent with ordinary human behaviour’.
·Noida, India
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Men jailed for life for ‘senseless, barbaric’ murder of grandmother
The judge told Clinton Oliver and Braydon Franklin they had conducted themselves “in the most shameless of ways, without the slightest shred of remorse or regret.”
·North Sydney, Australia
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