Postman sentenced to three life terms for Christmas Day murders

A postman has been sentenced to three life terms after pleading guilty to the murder of a woman and her two young children, whose bodies were found following a fire which destroyed their rural farmhouse on Christmas Day last.

Tue, 17 Nov, 2009 - 13:23

A postman has been sentenced to three life terms after pleading guilty to the murder of a woman and her two young children, whose bodies were found following a fire which destroyed their rural farmhouse on Christmas Day last.

Two of the sentences are to run concurrently.

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