Connor Fuller, who bashed and killed 61-year-old Mark Tozer in a road-rage incident in South West Rocks in 2021, will spend at least 19 years behind bars, with the judge finding Fuller intended to kill his victim.
Connor Fuller , 31, will spend a minimum of 19 years behind bars after killing Mark Tozer on a suburban street in July 2021. Connor Fuller , who killed a 61-year-old man on the New South Wales Mid North Coast after punching, kicking, and stomping on his head has been sentenced to 28 years in prison.
The 31-year-old was found guilty of murder in the judge-alone trial by Justice Mark Ierace in the Newcastle Supreme Court on November 12, 2024.Mr Tozer followed Fuller to his home on Albert Harrower Crescent to get his contact details. After Mr Tozer arrived, Fuller assaulted him and continued to bash him for 10 minutes after he was rendered unconscious.Justice Ierace told the court he was satisfied Fuller had intended to kill Mr Tozer. The court heard that when Fuller was assaulting Mr Tozer, he made 60 sounds of exertion, most of which were from a delivery of force.But during sentencing on Friday in Newcastle's Supreme Court, Justice Ierace rejected this argument."I reject the submissions the offender's assault was provoked by Mr Tozer's actions and the assault was because he was scared,""I am satisfied Mr Tozer was unarmed, he did not strike the offender at all."Aggressive before 'side-swipe incident'"The evidence established beyond reasonable doubt that the offender had been in a physically aggressive mood for half an hour before the offence,"The facts in the trial revealed that Fuller was seen urinating on the driver's side of his car on the highway near South West Rocks, when passer-by Gregory Hunt slowed down to turn the corner. Fuller then pursued Mr Hunt, but he pulled over at the South West Rocks police station where Fuller said, "You're fucked, I'll be back with my rottweiler," Justice Ierace told the court. CCTV in the trial captured Fuller picking up his dog and driving back to the police station to look for Mr Hunt, but he wasn't there. The court heard Fuller was heard on CCTV yelling to himself, "Jump on his head now, before he gets home to his wife," Justice Ierace said. Half an hour later, Fuller side-swiped Mark Tozer's Ford Falcon XR8 outside the service station on Gregory Street in South West Rocks.Justice Ierace told the court that even after Mr Tozer had lost consciousness, Fuller was making "mocking" comments. "You pulled out on my car, who's on the ground now? You're messing with a two-time lightweight boxing champ," . " made mocking and taunting comments in the false belief that no-one could hear what he was saying or doing," Justice Ierace said. While handing down his sentence, Justice Ierace acknowledged Fuller's violent and traumatic childhood. "I accept the offender was exposed to domestic violence during his childhood and that his parents were poor role models for his moral development," Justice Ierace said. He also gave reference to Fuller's diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, complex PTSD, and polysubstance abuse disorder."I find it appropriate to take into account the victim impact statements of Mr Tozer's family as an aspect of harm down to the South West Rocks community in part and the broader community as a whole," Justice Ierace said. He said that while making his decision, a recent "manipulative threat" made by Fuller in prison showed evidence of his offending behaviour. "The offender stated he wanted to go into segregation, and if he didn't, he would hurt someone else. When asked what he would do, he said he would stab or hurt others if needed," Justice Ierace told the court.Justice Ierce said the sentence would be backdated to when Fuller was put behind bars in 2021, making him eligible for parole on March 27, 2041.Photo shows A man without an umbrella stands on a pedestrian crossing facing the rain while others with umbrellas pass him by.Photo shows Mark Tozer thumbs upping camera while eating lunch A man heard saying 'I'll jump on your head' during an assault witnessed domestic violence as a child, murder trial toldMan on trial for murder told neighbour the victim followed him home, 'pulled a knife, and I knocked him out'
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