Melbourne, Apr 11 (PTI) An Australian man who threw his four-year-old daughter off the city's highest bridge two years ago was today sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 32 years.
Arthur Freeman, 37, was sentenced to life in jail after Victorian Supreme Court last month found him guilty of throwing his daughter Darcey off West Gate Brigde on January 29, 2009. The girl died immediately after 58 meter fall.
Announcing the quantum of punishment, Justice Paul Coghlan said many would see Freeman's crime as so serious that he should not get a non-parole period, but the court has decided to sentence him to life with a minimum term of 32 years.
He stood motionless as the sentence was handed down.
Freeman pleaded not guilty by reason of mental impairment, but his defence was rejected by the jury after a three-week trial.