[OTN] "It's What Our Family Does" - Matthew Milat

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• Matthew Milat jailed for maximum 43 years
• Milat's accomplice gets maximum 32 years
• Judge says Milat took life in "cruel, brutal" manner

The teenage nephew of serial killer, Ivan Milat will spend the next 30 years of his life locked up behind bars for the "cold blooded" killing of his childhood friend.

In handing down the sentence to Matthew Milat and Cohen Klein in the Supreme Court this morning, Acting Justice Jane Mathews said the "deliberate and premeditated" crime was done for personal enjoyment and that David Auchterlonie's final 10 minutes alive were filled with "horror" and "unimaginable torment".

Justice Mathews sentenced Milat to a maximum of 43 years, Klein to a total of 32 years.

Klein, who the court heard was "strongly influenced" by Milat, will spend 22 years behind bars.

Milat and Klein murdered David using a double bladed axe in the Belanglo State Forest in November 2010 - the same bushland Ivan Milat slaughtered seven backpackers in the 1990s.

The pair, who were aged 17 and 18 at the time, pleaded guilty to murder last year.

Justice Mathews didn't give any discount for Milat's guilty plea, and noted he still is a "serious potential danger" to the community.

Dressed in suits, and separated by a prison officer, neither showed any emotion as the sentence was handed down.

"It is impossible to describe the horror (of the killing) ... when he was subject to unimaginable torment by Milat," she said.

"It clearly falls in the worst category for the case of murder."

The court heard Milat "gloated" about the killing the next day, and said "you know me, you know my family. You know the last name Milat, I did what they do".

Justice Mathews said Milat didn't appear to have "expressions of genuine remorse ... or regret' for the crime.

The court heard the location of the murder was "significant' as it is where his great uncle "lured a number of people and murdered them".

The murder, and the 15 minutes leading up to it, was hauntingly captured on an audio recording from Klein's mobile phone.

In it Milat can be heard saying to David "tell people my f****** business and you wind up hurt".
Justice Mathews said that to describe the recording as "chilling...is an understatement".

"It is extremely distressing material," she said.

"The sound of (David) crying out in agony is chilling in the extreme.

"(David) was being entirely submissive during the whole of the episode (and) desperately tried to placate Milat."

A sentencing hearing last month revealed Milat has written several poems during his time in custody, including one titled 'Killer looks and on evil side" where he writes "shelter you will need to seek, so terrifed you can hardly speak".

Another poem includes the verse "I am not fazed by blood or screams, nothing I do will haunt my dreams".

Justice Mathews said the "very chilling" poetry appears to "recount the murder".

"It is quite the opposite (of remorse), he appears to be reveling in the memory of this terrible event," she said.

The court was packed with David's family, as well as members of the Milat family who came to hear the sentence.

The DPP Lloyd Babb told the court during submissions last month that it was a murder based on "torment and torture" with a motive based only on "a thrill to kill".

He said the pair's guilty plea was based not on remorse but on a "recognition of the inevitable" because police had seized the audio recording.

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Taking into account time spent in custody, Milat and Klein will be eligible for parole in 2040 and 2032 respectively.

In sentencing, Acting Justice Jane Mathews read out this "particularly chilling" poem Matthew Milat wrote more than nine months after the murder.

'your last day'

(Putting said poem in spoilers due the graphic nature of it. All bad words have been censored out)

Click-clack
hear that,
stopping in the, middle of the track,
Are you Getting Nervous in the back,
Should be C--- your getting wAcked,
talk s--- here, talk s--- there,
No-one'z really gunna care,
but talk s--- with every breath,
You just signed away your health,
I can see you start to sweat,
Wanderin what your gunna get,
hopin 4-1 in the head,
C--- ILL Put it in Your Leg,
tell me, ARE YA HAVIN FUN,
get up C---, And start to run,
how fAr are ya gunna get,
Your Match C--- you have just Met,
stumblin all OVA the place,
Hear the crunch of leaves and feet,
feel your heart, skip a beat,
Are ya gunna get away,
No hope kid this is your day,
The day that you wont be found,
Six feet under Neath the ground.

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XxmadmanxX

dude has some mental problems....should be hung so he never walks the streets again in his life

The **** is wrong with the society today

09/06/2012

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M@ndyz

Wait.. My god after all that he gets to be released "eventually " wtf? I agree with stu.. Needs death..

09/06/2012

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Lekkers

that was a ****ed poem GT

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M@ndyz said: Wait.. My god after all that he gets to be released "eventually " wtf? I agree with stu.. Needs death..

They both need life in jail.

Lekkers said: that was a ****ed poem GT

I know right

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seajbreeze

I think they should be jailed in Bali, obviously there jail system is below standard and Australia could participate in some exchange program, would cost a third of the price and over there he would never get out.

09/06/2012

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Guyver

Why waste tax payers money having him incarcerated just give him the electric chair. One less scum bag that will pollute thus planet.

09/06/2012

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Skelerax

All this pageantry for a single murder, hope the poetry was worth the extra time you little nonse, 43 years should knock the show pony right out of you.

I give you 1/10 pathetic.

09/06/2012

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djrussell

I'm a big believer in the death penalty... for exactly these reasons. I think the only reason someone should be kept alive is to learn from their behaviour... personally, once all that can be learned is learned, discard the subject and harvest their organs for examination and life saving procedures.

I know this would never gain support in Australia, but once you take anothers life you should automatically forfeit yours.

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I agree with the life for a life concept. But in some cases, Like this, I believe that a life sentence in a maximum security prison is better than just giving the death penalty (end a life now or have him live the next 50-70 years in prison)

OR just put him on Death Row. Where he can live each and every day now knowing if today is the day he'll be executed

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djrussell

The problem with locking someone away for 50-70 years is it costs the tax payer millions of dollars on that 1 inmate to house them for that long... the cost of a bullet? Not that much.

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Why does that matter when there are thousands and thousands of other inmates who get jailed for long lengths of time?

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