The now 19-year-old was sentenced to 14 years in youth detention after fatally stabbing Emma Lovell at her Brisbane home in 2022.
A teen who murdered a mother of two during a burglary has been sentenced to 14 years in youth detention after a judge found his offending was "particularly heinous".
Justice Tom Sullivan reserved his decision on sentencing for more than a week following submissions from the prosecution and defence. The mother-of-two died after being stabbed in the chest while Lee was treated in hospital for a knife wound. Security footage previously played to Justice Sullivan showing the teen testing the front door and finding it unlocked before entering ahead of his accomplice.Police and paramedics arrived at the home and open heart surgery was performed on the front lawn. The couple's two teenage children, Kassie and Scarlett, were also sleeping in the house when the co-offenders broke in.
Defence barrister Scott Lynch previously said the teen grew up in a chaotic environment, exposed to domestic violence and finding his only close friend dead after he took his own life.
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