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A former US marine will learn his fate in court for the murder of his estranged ex-wife he doused her in fuel and set on fire in a horrific domestic violence act.

Former US marine Brian Earl Johnston, 37, was handed a mandatory life sentence for the murder of his long-time partner Kelly Wilkinson on Wednesday.

The convicted killer, who most recently assaulted a bus driver in Figtree, has been deemed to pose an unacceptable risk of serious offending if not supervised.

Corey Hastings, 30, who was wrongly released from Sydney's Long Bay jail due to some paperwork error called the police to let them know where he was after he heard that a search was launched for him on the news.

Lamarre-Condon has been under the strictest form of protective custody at the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre at Silverwater since shortly after his arrest last Friday.

The convicted baby killer is back in maximum security at Silverwater prison after getting in trouble while on day release, potentially impacting her chances at parole.

Daniel Booth broke into the four-bedroom house being rented by the high-profile couple in Woollahra, in Sydneys glittering eastern suburbs, on December 20, 2021.

The extraordinary move comes as the Prison Officers Union warned Hakea Prison was a tinderbox waiting to explode as fewer staff deal with more prisoners in trying summer conditions where cells can exceed 50C.