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A convicted murderer who initially received an unusually lenient sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment, has been jailed for life.

Van Hemert pleaded guilty after a sentencing indication, so he knew he would not receive life imprisonment. If that was changed as a result of the appeal, van Hemert should have the chance to reconsider his guilty plea, the Court of Appeal was told on Thursday. Although mentally unwell at the time of the killing, it was not to an extent that he was legally insane, and did not know the nature and quality of his actions. Crown lawyer Mark Lillico​ said in the Court of Appeal that while the mental health factors loomed large in the case, van Hemert had told police he “saw red”, indicati...

With my 10-month-old daughter sailing across the Sea of Cortez. November 2013. 1.1k When we hit the emergency beacon on our sailboat to get our 13-month-old the medical attention she needed, I fully believed I was a good parent who was making the right choice. A lot of people disagreed. It was only our second date when my husband told me he wanted to sail around the world. As a lifelong traveler, I jumped at the chance to join him. Ten months into dating, we bought our sailboat together, a 36-foot Hans Christian cutter-rigged sloop, and named her Rebel Heart. Hans Christians are called “...

In the early hours of December 30, Van Hemert called 111 four times, but only one of the calls was received by police, at 1.33am. During the call, Van Hemert spoke to a police communicator for about five minutes, but no further action was deemed necessary. At 2.06am his ex-partner who was concerned for his mental well-being also called 111, asking police to carry out a welfare check on him. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Janice Bullman worked on the streets for more than 20 years and shared a friendship with Bella Te Pania who was murdered on December 31, 2019. (Video first published in January 2020...