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Double murderer Steven James Hunter stabbed his friend Sarah Cafferkey 19 times then dumped her body in a wheelie bin "like rubbish" and covered it in cement.
Her mother Noelle Dickson is now haunted by thoughts of the gruesome attack every time she takes out the bins.
"Every fortnight I'm reminded of the fact that my daughter Sarah was put in a wheelie bin, encased with concrete to be thrown out like rubbish," she told the Victorian Supreme Court on Monday.
"Sarah was not a piece of rubbish.
"She was a beautiful, funny and caring human being loved by everyone who was privileged to be part of her life."
Prosecutors want Hunter jailed for life with no prospect of release for Ms Cafferkey's November 10 murder, committed nine days after his parole ended for kidnapping and assaulting a man.
Hunter himself told police after his arrest on November 20 that he should be locked up until he dies.
But the 47-year-old's lawyer Tim Marsh said his client's guilty plea, remorse and age meant he should be spared life in jail without parole.
Chief Crown prosecutor Gavin Silbert SC said Hunter was a remorseless murderer whose crime fell into the worst category of killing.
Mr Silbert said Ms Cafferkey had been drinking with Hunter at his Bacchus Marsh home when he found a syringe belonging to his ex-partner and made a disparaging comment about junkies.
Ms Cafferkey believed he had been talking about her and began arguing and pushing Hunter.
His response was to attack Ms Cafferkey with a hammer and stab her 19 times.
Hunter then went to elaborate lengths to hide his crime, including sending text messages to the 22-year-old's phone with one saying: "Give me a call when you want to catch up."
Mr Silbert said Hunter tried to conceal Ms Cafferkey's body by dumping it in the bin and covering it with concrete and lime powder.
"He engaged in a lengthy and elaborate ruse to cover up what he'd done," Mr Silbert said.
"There is no remorse your honour. This man is very sorry he got caught," Mr Silbert told Justice Kevin Bell.
Mr Marsh said the killing was not premeditated and Hunter had not set out to desecrate Ms Cafferkey's body, but to hide his crime.
He said Hunter had shown a degree of remorse and saved Ms Cafferkey's family the trauma of giving evidence through his guilty plea.
"He has the right to hope that one day he will have done enough to atone for what he's done," Mr Marsh said.
"This is a man who is prepared to say `I killed her, I disposed of her body, she did nothing to deserve this'."
Ms Cafferkey's father Adrian Cafferkey described his daughter as a "truly beautiful person with a loving soul".
He glared at Hunter seated in the dock and said the crime had handed his family a life sentence.
"Regardless of what happens next we are irrecoverably changed for the worst for the rest of our lives," he said.
"Our beautiful baby girl is gone."
Justice Bell will sentence Hunter, who murdered a co-worker Jacqueline Mathews in 1986, on a date to be fixed.
Steven James Hunter is arrested over Sarah Cafferkey's murder. Picture: Jake Nowakowski Source:Herald Sun
PROSECUTORS have called for life without parole for Sarah Cafferkey's killer Steven James Hunter.
Chief Crown prosecutor Gavin Silbert, SC, today told the Supreme Court Ms Cafferkey's murder fell in the "worst class of killings" that did not warrant a parole period.Mr Silbert said given Hunter had now been convicted of two murders, in similar circumstances, he should die in prison."There is no remorse. This man is very sorry he got caught," he said."Society requires protection from this man."Tim Marsh, for Hunter, said his client should be given a non-parole period, but accepted Hunter would be an old man before he became eligible for parole."His right to a non-parole period is not extinguished in the manner that the Crown argue," he said.At a pre-sentence hearing this morning the shocking details of Ms Cafferkey's killing were detailed in full publicly for the first time.The parents of Ms Cafferkey also spoke to Hunter as they detailed their pain in court.
Victorians were shocked by the brutal murder of popular Bacchus Marsh woman Sarah Cafferkey. Picture: Jon Hargest
Mr Silbert told the court Hunter, 47, hit Ms Cafferkey, 22, in the head with a hammer and stabbed her 17 times on the night she died.Hunter – who once escaped from Pentridge Prison - had completed his parole just nine days before murdering Ms Cafferkey at his Bacchus Marsh unit on November 10 last year.It was his second frenzied stabbing slaying in a criminal career spanning more than two decades. The killing was sparked by an argument between the pair that started after Ms Cafferkey mistakenly believed Hunter had called her a junkie. Sarah never stood a chance against killer. The court heard Hunter and Ms Cafferkey's relationship had a "strong drug connection" and that Hunter saw himself as a "father figure" to her. They had met less than three months before Ms Cafferkey's killing and while she was aware of his criminal history the court heard it was not known if she knew he was a killer.Hunter, dressed in jeans, a grey T-shirt and brown leather jacket, looked straight ahead as the court heard he spent days working to cover-up the crime.
Sarah Cafferkey's mum Noelle Dickson (centre), and partner Laurie Seery. Picture: Steve Tanner
Mr Silbert said Hunter sent text messages to Ms Cafferkey's mobile phone, moved her body in his car and entombed her in a wheelie bin filled with concrete and lime. He had asked a friend, known only as Witness E, for help hiding the body at a bush property telling him he had "stuffed up". Sarah's final words to her mumThe girl you'll never get to know Read Steven Hunter's disturbing rap sheet. The court heard in the days after the killing Hunter and Witness E went to Bunnings where supplies were bought to help Hunter dispose of Ms Cafferkey's body. Mr Silbert said he bought 20 litres of hydrochloric acid, three bags of rapid set concrete, lime and a roll of black plastic.The court heard after purchasing the products Hunter warned Witness E not to open the boot of his car because there was a dead body inside.
Steven James Hunter is taken into custody by police over the murder of Sarah Cafferkey. Picture: Herald Sun
Mr Silbert said it was at that point Witness E told Hunter he wanted no part in his plan.Ms Cafferkey's mother, Noelle Dickson, looked directly at Hunter as she told the Supreme Court how her world had been torn apart by the brutal slaying of her only child. She broke down when she told the court how she would never be a grandmother because of his "unforgivable act of violence". Ms Dickson told Hunter that Sarah was not a piece of rubbish to be put in a wheelie bin, and said she was reminded on a fortnightly basis, when she put her own bins out, of how callously Hunter hid her body.Adrian Cafferkey, Sarah's dad, pointed directly at Hunter and said he wanted to know "how and why" Hunter was allowed to kill for a second time.
He said it was ironic that the justice system was the one thing his daughter loved studying, and the one thing that failed her."My spirits are crushed. There are no lights at the end of our tunnel," he said."We have a life sentence. Our beautiful baby girl is gone".Hunter appeared to look at both of Ms Cafferkey's parents as they spoke but looked way several times as they glared at him from the witness box. Hunter served a 13-year term for stabbing 18-year-old Moonee Ponds woman Jacqueline Mathews in 1986 after she rejected his advances.Ms Cafferkey was officially reported missing on November 12 by her mother. A text message was sent to Hunter at 9.45pm to contact Bacchus Marsh police station.
In a call from Bacchus Marsh police he divulged Ms Cafferkey had been with him on November 10 at his unit, they consumed alcohol, but he left about 5pm and left her the keys. Hunter explained he had returned the next day and she was gone.During a record of interview following his arrest Hunter told police he remembered hitting Ms Cafferkey with a hammer but couldn't remember stabbing her. He said he hoped to die in jail.Professor James Ogloff, forensic psychologist, told the court it was "patently obvious" that Hunter would remain a significant risk to the community for the foreseeable future.
