7NEWS: Man who murdered Facebook marketplace seller over pair of fake AirPods learns fate
Hamdach was jailed for at least 12 years after pleading guilty to murder earlier this year.
The day before the attack, Hamdach had bought a pair of AirPods from Houllis and, believing they were not genuine, enlisted Karaali for a revenge attack.“He had plenty of time to consider the ramifications of Hamdach’s plan and pull out.”While Hamdach planned the attack, Karaali was the one to carry out the murder and was seen on CCTV stomping on Houllis and kicking and punching him.
“I am satisfied that those blows were delivered with the intent to kill Mr Houllis,” Justice Campbell said. He also stopped Houllis from escaping the attack and denied him from receiving help from members of the public who witnessed the victim laying on the road.“It is no easy thing to kill another human being by punching, kicking and stomping,” Justice Campbell said.Janet Houllis holding a framed photograph of her son outside the court.Justice Campbell described the reason for the murder as being “trivial” and said the attack on Houllis was “grossly disproportionate”.
In a sentence hearing last week, Houllis’ mother Janet Houllis lamented that Karaali may one day be released “as if my son’s death was nothing but a mishap, a speed bump on his life”.“It seems to me did not care that he had taken another’s life over something that didn’t really have anything to do with him,” she said.Karaali was on parole at the time of the murder, which was revoked when he was arrested.
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