Sydney News: Former partner of Lindt siege gunman has murder sentence reduced by ten years
The former partner of Sydney siege gunman Man Monis has had her jail sentence cut by almost a decade on appeal. Amirah Droudis, 41, will now serve a minimum 26 years and three months behind bars for murdering Monis' ex-wife so they could be together. Droudis stabbed the woman 18 times and then set her body alight in her Werrington unit block in 2013. Amirah Droudis has had her jail sentence cut by almost a decade on appeal. Monis faked a car accident to give himself an alibi but he was the mastermind of the plan designed to secure custody of his two boys.