A martial arts expert was motivated by 'jealousy and possessiveness' when he murdered his girlfriend of about eight weeks and dumped her body in bushland, a court has been told.
Prosecutor Lee Carr SC told the NSW Supreme Court on Monday Sayle Newson inflicted a 'significant degree of violence' on mother-of-two Carly McBride who weighed only 50 kilograms when she was brutally murdered.
Mr Carr said Ms McBride, 31, suffered 23 fractures to the head and another 13 to her ribs and back when attacked by the Muay Thai fighter who later boasted to police how he had won 20 out of 20 professional fights and been trained by world champions.
Carly McBride, 31, (pictured) suffered 23 fractures to the head and another 13 to her ribs and back when attacked by Sayle Newson
Sayle Kenneth Newson, 43, (pictured) was found guilty of murdering girlfriend Carly McBride on June 24 this year. He was bashed by three inmates in a 'retaliatory attack' in prison four days later
The prosecutor said Newson's decision to dump Ms McBride's body in Upper Hunter bushland had shown no respect for the woman he claimed to love.
'She was discarded as something of no worth and left to the elements and the scavenging of animals,' Mr Carr said during a sentencing hearing for Newson.
The prosecutor said he was unable to give a time frame as to how long Ms McBride had endured the attack by Newson who was angry and motivated by jealousy and possessiveness.
Ms McBride's mother, Lorraine Williams, told the court in her victim impact statement her daughter had been her best friend and they had talked every day before she disappeared.
'She had goals and dreams and they were cruelly taken away from her,' Ms Williams told the court.
'Carly should be here living her life.
'After today I never want to hear, speak to or see the man who took my beautiful daughter's life ever again.
'He did the worst thing a human could do to another person when he murdered her. He no longer has any power to hurt me and I refuse to think of him any more.'
