'Calm and deliberate' shooting spree killer gets life

An Australian judge sentenced a gunman to life in prison today for killing a lawyer and wounding a girlfriend and a Dutch tourist during a shooting spree in the country's second largest city.

The morning rush-hour shooting in Melbourne on June 18 last year shocked Australia, where tough laws ban most people from owning handguns and where the sound of gunfire is extremely rare, even in the biggest cities.