Richardo Barbaro sentenced to 28 years in jail for murdering Ellie Price

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A Melbourne man has been sentenced to nearly three decades behind bars for the murder of his partner in 2020. Ricardo Barbaro stabbed 26-year-old Ellie Price, six times in her south Melbourne apartment.

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00:00Ms Price's body was found with six stab wounds in blood stained clothing in her South Melbourne

00:07apartment in early May 2020 where police believe it may have been left for a number of days.

00:13Barbaro had already fled interstate by that point and wasn't arrested in New South Wales

00:18until about two weeks after Ms Price's death and although he maintains his innocence, DNA

00:22evidence linked him back to the grisly scene.

00:26Court today heard the pair had a volatile and acrimonious relationship characterised

00:31by Barbaro's violent outburst towards her to the extent that an intervention order against

00:35him had been taken out at the time of her death.

00:38The judge regarded this as an aggravating factor in her murder as well as the fact that

00:43she was essentially defenceless and helpless against his savage onslaught.

00:48Her death left a young boy motherless and a family who are mostly from Tasmania with

00:52deep and ongoing pain.

00:54Outside court today, Ms Price's mother said the sentence wasn't long enough.

00:58No matter how long it gets, it's not long enough because my daughter's life's been taken.

01:04He's been taken away from his mum.

01:10The judge recognised Barbaro's troubled childhood and serious mental health issues as mitigating

01:15factors but said his moral culpability over the murder was ultimately high and his remorse

01:21and insight into the enormity of his crime essentially none.

01:25He'll face a non-parole period of 22 years.

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