Falconio killer will serve at least 28 years

The drug-runner who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio will serve at least 28 years in prison before being considered for parole, a court heard today.

Bradley Murdoch shot Mr Falconio in the head before abducting and assaulting his girlfriend Joanne Lees at gunpoint, on a remote stretch of highway near Barrow Creek, about 200 miles north of Alice Springs, on July 14, 2001.