00:02Alice McShearer had been in an on-again, off-again relationship with Cameron John Pearson in 2023.
00:09At times, they would take drugs.
00:11During a period of reconciliation in October, they stayed at Crown Towers.
00:15But one night, he attacked her in the bathroom with a champagne bottle, hitting her multiple times.
00:20Prosecutor Justin Wally told the court it was a brutal, senseless and unprovoked killing.
00:25The Supreme Court heard Pearson attempted suicide the next morning.
00:29After security came to check on Ms McShearer, he made admissions almost immediately but didn't plead guilty to murder until
00:36last year, after trial dates had been set.
00:39Pearson's lawyer said his client's offending was entirely out of character.
00:43The 44-year-old kept his face turned towards the judge and away from the public gallery during the entire
00:49sentencing hearing.
00:51Alice McShearer was described as kind, loving, generous and courageous.
00:55The court told she always wanted to be a lawyer.
00:57Justice Michael Gething said Pearson had expressed sorrow for the pain and suffering he'd caused.
01:03But he said it was a serious example of intimate partner violence and the sentence needed to show society's abhorrence
01:09and intolerance of such offending.
01:12The 44-year-old will have to serve 19 years in prison before being eligible for parole.
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01:17The 44-year-old was estimated %2 to 10 years.
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01:17The 45-year-old was dairy, the Einkommel, it wasäsong to 13 years in prison.
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