A McDonald's worker who bludgeoned a customer to death in his own home using a statue of the Virgin Mary and a tin of mangoes is jailed for 19 years.
A McDonald's worker who bludgeoned a customer to death in his own home using a statue of the Virgin Mary and a tin of mangoes has been jailed for 19 years.37-year-old Katia Pyliotis's motives for the"brutal and sustained" attack remain unclearThe body of Elia Abdelmessih, 69, was found in the entry foyer of his Kew East home in 2005 face down in a bowl of bloody fluid and surrounded by a number of bloodstained items, including the broken statue and a dented tin of mangoes.
His killer, then-23-year-old Katia Pyliotis, moved to South Australia the following year and lived undetected for 11 years until she was involved in a minor criminal matter which led to her DNA being taken.Pyliotis, now aged 37, has been ordered to serve a minimum 15 years and six months in prison before becoming eligible for parole.'Brutal and sustained' attack
In sentencing, Victorian Supreme Court Justice Paul Coghlan described Mr Abdelmessih's behaviour as"unusual and to a degree over-friendly", but said there was no evidence the pair had had any interactions that were out of the ordinary."That attack in his own home was both brutal and sustained," he said.
The court heard Pyliotis had the unqualified support of family and friends who said they had never witnessed her being violent.
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