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He had been on a “good wicket at Ms Walker’s house”, crown prosecutor Elizabeth Kelso told the Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday.
“He liked living there, and he was paying $165 a week, and if he fell behind, she let him make up the rent in other ways, doing odd jobs around the house,” she said.
“At the time she died, he had just $1.06 in his bank account. It wouldn’t have been easy for him to find another place to live, and certainly not one as accommodating as Ms Walker’s home.
“He had nowhere to go. Ms Walker came home … he confronted her in the lounge room, and his anger overwhelmed him, and he assaulted her.”
King was handed a mandatory life sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment on Tuesday.
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