Supreme Court Justice Jane Dixon recounted the violent scene as she sentenced the 29-year-old on Monday, calling it a murder of "appalling brutality". She said after bashing his father, Missen asked his girlfriend Ebonee Rohde to get something to stop the bleeding, and she returned with a towel and a pillow case. Missen said the argument on the day of the murder had centred on a car the pair had been fixing together. The father and son had a turbulent but close, even "co-dependant" relationship, Justice Dixon said. In passing sentence, Justice Dixon took into account Missen's battle with testicular cancer while in custody as well as the physical and emotional abuse he suffered during childhood.

Source: Stuff February 04, 2019 09:33 UTC