NSW: Man labels his jail sentence for murdering mum "inadequate"
19 Dec 2008 12:01 PM
SYDNEY, Dec 19 AAP - A man who had sought the maximum jail term for murdering his environmentalist mother has told a Sydney court his sentence of at least 17 years is "manifestly inadequate".
Adam Patrick Owens, 36, had pleaded guilty to the stabbing murder of his mother, 69-year-old Doris Owens, in her home at Swanhaven, on the NSW south coast, in September 2006.
Earlier this month, he told the NSW Supreme Court his only regret was that he hadn't murdered her 20 years earlier, and that he would do it again if he had his time over.
During that hearing, his lawyer told the court an "extremely substantial sentence is appropriate ... it seems to me you must apply the maximum".
In sentencing Owens on Friday, Justice Lucy McCallum said she could not believe such a request had come from someone of sound mind.
