AustraliaJude Wijesinghe, a chef at the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra, was initially convicted of murdering his coworker Tshewang Choden in 2023 and received a 30-year prison sentence with a 20-year non-parole period. The conviction was based on Wijesinghe admitting to stabbing Choden 14 times while trapping her in a storeroom. Chief Justice Lucy McCallum considered his mental health but maintained the severity of the crime. Wijesinghe appealed, arguing his mental condition was inadequately considered. The ACT Court of Appeal overturned the original sentence, reducing the total time to 26 years and six months and the non-parole period to 18 years. The judges ruled that the initial sentencing incorrectly applied the plea discount only to the non-parole period rather than the main sentence.
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