00:00 Red was Lynne Cannon's favourite colour.
00:04 Her sister's wearing it at the Supreme Court in her memory, after her life was cut short,
00:10 repeatedly stabbed by her former partner in December.
00:13 The court heard Miss Cannon separated from her husband Paul two years before he killed
00:17 her.
00:18 The prosecution saying he never came to terms with the end of the relationship, and his
00:22 actions appeared driven by a festering anger, jealousy and selfishness.
00:28 Cannon went to his ex-wife's home the day before the murder, her 51st birthday, and
00:33 learned she was in a new relationship.
00:35 He then sent an abusive text saying he hoped to be celebrating her painful death soon.
00:42 The following day at Cannon's home, the court heard his landlord witnessed him stabbing
00:46 Miss Cannon seven times in the chest with two kitchen knives, while shouting "I told
00:51 you I was going to kill you."
00:53 The prosecutor says Cannon failed to help her as she lay gasping for breath, and instead
00:58 took a sip of beer and tried to take his own life.
01:02 Police Commissioner Cole Blanche admits Miss Cannon was let down, amid reports it took
01:06 officers more than an hour to respond to triple zero calls on the night she was killed.
01:11 "WA police strive, strive to attend these incidents as fast as possible.
01:18 Sadly, there's about 60,000 domestic violence call-outs every year that police attend."
01:24 Miss Cannon's sister, Jacqueline Darley, told the court her sister suffered verbal
01:28 abuse over her 25-year marriage, and watching her escape the relationship was like watching
01:34 the sun emerge from a dark cloud and shine brightly.
01:39 Prosecutors have asked for the non-parole period to be set to the higher end of what
01:42 is available.
01:43 However, Cannon's defence lawyer has argued that his early guilty plea should be a mitigating
01:47 factor.
01:48 Justice Anthony Derrick has reserved his decision until Friday.
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