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A man who allowed his wife to die from a "preventable and miserable" death after finding her tied up and seriously injured at their home in Melbourne, was jailed for at least eight years.
Mohamed Naddaf pleaded guilty to manslaughter's criminal negligence of Ashlee Brown, 25, who died in his Craigieburn home "dirty and filthy" in November 2016.
Justice John Champion, in condemning Naddaf to the Victoria Supreme Court on Friday said that Ms. Brown had been found in the pbadenger seat of the couple's car after being subjected to a "deliberate and frenzied badault" and tied up with a clothesline
Blood stains were found in the garage and the car, and Mrs. Brown had cuts and bruises on her body. days. Naddaf, then 37, helped Mrs. Brown get to the bathroom, laying her on a flannel sheet and feeding her with a syringe during five days
. An autopsy confirmed that Ms. Brown had suffered multiple blunt and abrupt injuries to her head, bad, torso, arms, and legs, including stab wounds. 19659003] By the time the paramedics arrived, Mrs. Brown was "cold to the touch and stiff," and had been dead for some time.
Justice Champion said that he did not accept Naddaf's badertion that Mrs. Brown begged him not to call
However, he said that the motivation of Naddaf was not clear.
"The Crown is not able to prove who inflicted the injuries on Ms. Brown," said Judge Champion.
"It is impossible to say exactly when Mrs. Brown died but … she knew"
He described Naddaf's attempts to take care of her as "weak and derisory" and "deserving of condemnation" .
"She lay on the bathroom floor for four to five days. allowed him to deteriorate, "he said.
"His death was slow, avoidable and miserable.
The group of right-wing activists, the Australian Liberty Alliance, staged a protest in court on Friday, chanting "justice for Ashlee."
Mrs. Brown's mother, Siobhan, has told reporters after the conviction that she believed that Naddaf should have faced a trial for murder of his daughter, who had converted to Islam
"I am here today. ; hui. "My daughter's injuries and the circumstances surrounding her death had all the hallmarks of an Islamic murder of honor." She described her daughter as a "sunbeam" who "loved life". Naddaf was sentenced to 11 years of imprisonment and must serve at least eight years before being eligible for parole.
He has already served 621 days of pre-trial detention.
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