Borce Ristevski has arrived at court to be sentenced for killing his wife Karen
Borce Ristevski has arrived at court to be sentenced for killing his wife Karen almost three years ago.
Wearing a suit and white shirt with no tie, he was escorted from a police van by four corrections officers.
The 55-year-old could be jailed for a maximum of 20 years today after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
Ristevski killed his wife Karen, 47, at their Melbourne home in June 2016 before bundling her body into her Mercedes-Benz.
He drove to Victoria's Macedon Regional Park, covering her body in branches before her skeletal remains were found between logs eight months later.
Ristevski feigned innocence for almost three years, lying to the police, the public and his daughter, until making an unexpected guilty plea to manslaughter last month.
In court today, the 55-year-old will be likely supported by his 24-year-old daughter Sarah, who provided the court with a compelling character reference.
The sentence will be delivered by Justice Christopher Beale in the Supreme Court of Victoria at 10.30am.
Ristevski faces a maximum penalty of 20 years behind bars.
His unexpected admission came on the eve of his five-week scheduled murder trial in mid-March.
Supreme Court Justice Christopher Beale ruled that Ristevski's actions after the killing, when he played the role of grieving husband, could not be used to prove 'murderous intent'.
Wife killer Borce Ristevski is led from a prison van into court as the father-of-two prepares to learn his fate after shock guilty plea
Borce Ristevski (centre) will learn his fate on Thursday after entering a shock guilty plea last month to reveal he killed his wife Karen (left)
A new indictment with the lesser charge of manslaughter was subsequently filed and Ristevski pleaded guilty.
Following the admission, Sarah gave her father a glowing character reference during a pre-sentence plea hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
'If I could use a few words to describe my dad's personality they would be loving, caring, sympathetic, protective and charismatic,' Sarah said in the character reference that goes on for more than one page.
'Growing up as a family my mum, dad and I were completely inseparable.
'We would spend all of our spare time together and family was everything to us. The love we had for each other was unexplainable, and everyone in our lives saw it.'
Sarah said she had never witnessed her father act violently towards her mother.
'My dad has not had any prior convictions or issues with the law, and I can confidently say that in my 23 years and I have never witnessed
