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Sentence handed down in murder trial

June 2, 2023 9:55 am in by

Walpeup’s Rebecca Payne could be freed from jail in seven years after being sentenced over the death of her husband.

The 43-year-old was found guilty over the 2020 murder of Noel Payne, after she gave him a biscuit laced with sleeping tablets, then put his body in a freezer.

She was jailed for 16-years with a minimum of ten, but with time already served will be eligible for parole in 2030.

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The trial heard Ms Payne had regularly suffered abuse from her husband after moving to Walpeup in 2007.

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