Real estate agent Ricardo Francis Dasilva has been jailed for at least 18 years for beating his former partner to death in a frenzied attack while she was asleep in her Central Coast home.
Dasilva, 66, was found guilty of using an unidentified weapon to murder well-regarded teacher Amanda Carter, 46, in May 2010, after he became angry over the ending of their relationship.
In sentencing him today, Justice Ian Harrison said that after the split, Dasilva sent anonymous letters to newspapers and to Ms Carter’s school claiming she was in a sexual relationship with a student.
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