Vic: Double killer should get life with no parole - crown

AAP General News (Australia)
12-17-2009
Vic: Double killer should get life with no parole - crown

MELBOURNE, Dec 17 AAP - Prosecutors have asked that double killer Leigh Robinson be
given life without parole for gunning down a mother-of-two on her Melbourne neighbour's
doorstep last year.

Robinson, 62, was convicted by a jury in September for the shooting murder of his ex-girlfriend
Tracey Greenbury, who was huddled in fear at her neighbour's doorstep in suburban Frankston
last year.

He had already beat the hangman's noose 40 years ago for the murder of another ex-girlfriend.

During his pre-sentence hearing, prosecutor Peter Rose, SC, said Robinson had an appalling
record and should be given life in jail without parole.

"This is such a serious offence it should be a case of life without parole," he told
the Victorian Supreme Court.

Mr Rose also questioned the truthfulness of an account Robinson gave to a forensic
psychologist after his recent conviction, where he detailed a history of childhood abuse.

Defence lawyer John Desmond argued his client should receive a parole term because
his was not the most serious example of murder and he would be an old man by the time
he got out of jail.

Mr Desmond said the killing was not premeditated and did not involve gratuitous torture
or brutality.

"As serious as it is, it's not at the high end of the scale," he said.

"Ms Greenbury was not being held against her will or falsely imprisoned.

"The offence itself was of short duration with only one shot discharged."

Robinson was remanded in custody to be sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court in January.

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