A South Australian man has been jailed for 24 years after he murdered his housemate and left a fruitcake on the deceased man’s head.
Leslie Talbot, 51, was found guilty of murdering David Saunders, 59, at Hayborough in 2017 and has received a 24-year non-parole period.
Mr Saunders’ daughter Stephanie told the court in a statement her world now seemed “dark and evil” following her father’s murder.
“Hearing how my dad died on that evening has broken me,” she said.
“Breathing the same air as the people who committed such a vile and senseless crime sent my stomach sick.
“You violently killed my dad, you stomped on him, you strangled him, you stabbed him and you beat him with objects from around the room.
“He lay motionless and you still continued to stomp and beat him, letting him bleed out from his ears with a fruitcake on his head.
“To add to that you sat back drinking, thinking you were a big man, boasting how you stomped on the c***.”
A South Australian man who stabbed and stomped on his housemate, and then left a fruitcake on his head, has been jailed. #9News https://t.co/2HIPixI43W
— Nine News Adelaide (@9NewsAdel) October 19, 2018
