Codey Herrmann has been sentenced to 36 years in jail for the rape and murder of international student Aiia Maasarwe in Melbourne’s north earlier this year.
Victorian Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth set a non-parole period of 30 years for what she described as an “unsophisticated and opportunistic attack”.
Herrmann, now 21, attacked Ms Maasarwe as she was walking home from a tram in Bundoora just after midnight on January 16.
The 21-year-old Arab-Israeli student, who was on a year-long exchange from her university in Shanghai, was on her way back from a social night out with friends in the CBD.
Justice Hollingworth described her as a “friendly, optimistic and kind young woman who had her whole life in front of her”.
Herrmann beat her with a pipe, dragged her behind some bushes, raped her and set fire to parts of her body.
Earlier this month, Herrmann’s lawyers told the court he had no explanation for the crime and could not remember the hours before the attack.
Ms Maasarwe’s death prompted an outpouring of grief and outrage in Melbourne, where vigils were held in her honour and flowers were laid inside a Route 86 tram as it travelled through the city.
“Women should be free to walk the streets alone without fear of being attacked by strangers,” Justice Hollingworth told the court.
–ABC
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