Karen Chetcuti's killer sentenced to life in prison without parole

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Australian Associated Press


Michael Cardamone’s act was ‘extraordinarily vicious, callous and thoroughly unprovoked’, supreme court justice says

Australian Associated Press
Thursday 24 August 2017 21.49 EDT

The man who snatched, tortured and brutally murdered Victorian woman Karen Chetcuti has been jailed for life without parole.

Michael Cardamone, 50, attacked his neighbour at her rural Whorouly home and held her prisoner for hours before burning her to death in remote bushland in January 2016.

On Friday, the supreme court justice Lex Lasry sentenced Cardamone to serve a life sentence without parole for what he described as an “extraordinarily vicious, callous and thoroughly unprovoked” murder, meaning the killer will spend the rest of his life behind bars.

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“I believed I had ceased to be amazed by the level of violence that men are capable of towards women. But what you did to Karen Chetcuti ... did indeed amaze me.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/25/karen-chetcutis-killer-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-without-parole

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Michael Cardamone

[Laffy Kat]

1. That poor woman, may she rest in peace.

The murderer looks like a murderer, incredibly scary and creepy. May he rot in hell if there is such a thing.

[smirkymonkey]

2. It's hard to believe that such evil people exist in this world.

Poor woman, may she rest in peace.