A man who tortured a young girl over a 3 day period at Aberglasslyn before she finally died will spend at least 28 years behind bars before being deported back to Africa.
The 33-year-old was sentenced in Newcastle Supreme Court yesterday for murdering his 12-year-old step-daughter in 2015.
The court heard he tied her to a bed, beat her with pieces of wood and rubbed salt and vinegar into her wounds over 3 days before she finally "gave up" and died.
Despite the judge describing the barbaric torture as heinous acts involving gratuitous cruelty to a young, helpless and defeated victim, Fairfax reports the man was speared a life sentence after writing a "rather extraordinary" letter to his solicitor last year in which he described his actions as a monstrosity, referring to himself as all things evil and telling his solicitor to stop trying to mitigate his actions.
The man will be eligible for parole in 2043.
