Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
John Collins was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Brent Bacon, when he appeared in the Dunedin High Court this morning.
Collins killed the 45-year-old father-of-three late on 4 February 2019 at the state housing unit of Collins wife in the Dunedin suburb of St Clair.
The 39-year-old beat Bacon with such ferocity he broke the cricket bat in two.
Collins, along with his wife Aleisha Dawson, wrapped Bacon s body in a sleeping bag and put it into his car.
Collins and Dawson then disposed of Bacons s body near Waitati, north of Dunedin, before fleeing to the North Island in the victim s car.