A former Rebels bikie has been granted leave to appeal against his minimum 30-year jail term for murdering his girlfriend in 2007.
Edward Christopher Yost was described as an evil, cruel and sadistic killer when he was sentenced in the South Australian Supreme Court in December.
Natasha Jones was severely beaten and the court heard she was unrecognisable when her naked body was found at the Para Hills home she shared with Yost.
Yost pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced to life with a 30-year non-parole term.
He will be 76 before being eligible for parole.
SC orders the release of Varun Gandhi on parole; BJP welcomes decision
The Supreme Court has ordered the release of BJP candidate Varun Gandhi, the grandson of ex-India PM Indira Gandhi, on parole for two weeks. He was arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) for his communally-offensive comments against Muslims at the March 6 and March 8 rallies in Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.
Though the coverage of Varun Gandhi’s inflammatory speeches were extensively broadcast on Indian television, he said that the recordings were “doctored.” However, the Election Commission was convinced that coverage had “not been tampered with, doctored or morphed.”
While the release of Varun Gandhi gives him the opportunity to continue poll campaigning, the SC has strictly instructed him to desist “provocative speeches” during his parole term. The court cannot forbid him from contesting elections till the time he is convicted or found guilty.
Welcoming the court’s decision to release Varun Gandhi, BJP spokesman Balbir Punj said that NSA was slapped against the party candidate due to political vendetta.
Punj told reporters: “We welcome the SC decision to release Mr. Gandhi on parole. Mr. Gandhi, who is an active party worker, will meanwhile work for the party in this period.” Punj added that whatever campaigning Varun Gandhi undertakes in the coming days will depend largely on his “comfort level and demands of the individual candidates, where ever he is needed.”