David Patrick Clifford, 30, was on parole and on bail when he killed Elsa Corp in a South Melbourne hotel room on February 1, 2010.
Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth told a packed public gallery in the Supreme Court that Clifford inflicted horrific injuries while subjecting Ms Corp to a “prolonged, vicious attack, going on for perhaps an hour or so”.
More than 50 members, friends and supporters of the Corp family were in court to hear Justice Hollingworth sentence Clifford to a maximum of 23 years with a non-parole period of 19 years.
Most cheered and clapped when the judge announced the maximum term, but Ms Corp’s parents, Andy and Gilly, said outside court later they thought the sentence was “not enough”.
Mr Corp, a former UK policeman, said he “felt sick in the guts to hear exactly what happened, and so disappointed that a human being could sink to that level”.
The pair had been on a blind date when the hairdresser was brutally beaten to death before the hotel room was set on fire.
Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth said Clifford's horrific attack on Ms Corp was severe and extended.
"The noises heard by witnesses, the nature and extent of the horrific injuries inflicted upon Ms Corp and the state of disarray of the hotel room all indicate that it was a prolonged, vicious attack, going on for perhaps an hour or so," Justice Hollingworth said.
After the sentence was read out, about 40 of Ms Corp's family and friends clapped and smiled, with calls of "scum bag" and "dog" directed at Clifford.
Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth told a packed public gallery in the Supreme Court that Clifford inflicted horrific injuries while subjecting Ms Corp to a “prolonged, vicious attack, going on for perhaps an hour or so”.
More than 50 members, friends and supporters of the Corp family were in court to hear Justice Hollingworth sentence Clifford to a maximum of 23 years with a non-parole period of 19 years.
Most cheered and clapped when the judge announced the maximum term, but Ms Corp’s parents, Andy and Gilly, said outside court later they thought the sentence was “not enough”.
Mr Corp, a former UK policeman, said he “felt sick in the guts to hear exactly what happened, and so disappointed that a human being could sink to that level”.
The pair had been on a blind date when the hairdresser was brutally beaten to death before the hotel room was set on fire.
Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth said Clifford's horrific attack on Ms Corp was severe and extended.
"The noises heard by witnesses, the nature and extent of the horrific injuries inflicted upon Ms Corp and the state of disarray of the hotel room all indicate that it was a prolonged, vicious attack, going on for perhaps an hour or so," Justice Hollingworth said.
After the sentence was read out, about 40 of Ms Corp's family and friends clapped and smiled, with calls of "scum bag" and "dog" directed at Clifford.
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