Keith Russell Yandle jailed for 32 years over shooting murder of Steven Murphy

The body of Mr Murphy, 38, was found buried beneath a shed on Yandle's property at Kudla, north of Adelaide.

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00:00More than two years after Keith Yandel shot Stephen Murphy dead, his victim's family witnessed

00:07justice handed down.

00:09Today's the end of the court case, but it's not the end of Stephen.

00:13His legacy will live on and his boys.

00:15Yandel handed a mandatory life sentence, jailed for at least 32 years for shooting the 38

00:21year old four times at his cuddler property north of Adelaide.

00:25I held Stephen as a baby and he's been a beautiful man ever since and Keith Yandel chose to end

00:32a beautiful life on the 19th February 2023.

00:35Earlier this year, a Supreme Court jury found the 48 year old guilty of the crime, which

00:40was caught on CCTV.

00:42Yandel's lawyers argued he was trying to protect his family.

00:46It took a young innocent man's life and blamed it on self defence.

00:51In sentencing, the Supreme Court justice told Yandel, you showed utter disregard for Mr.

00:57Murphy and his family and the comments you made to your brother about the person you had

01:01fixed up being homeless and that he did not matter, a demonstrative of your ruthless and

01:07inhumane attitude.

01:09She added, the offending was not a momentary loss of control or overreaction.

01:14You left your house with a loaded semi-automatic rifle ready for a confrontation in the shed.

01:20The 48 year old faces life behind bars.

01:24He won't be eligible for release until 2055.

01:26The 48 year old faces life behind bars.

01:28Hemantle, the filo of your-' blank'-- kindrible.

01:30The 48 year old face which I am on the front