Friday 18 November 2022 05:02 AM Jean Louise Herholdt could be paroled after killing husband Sean Murray in ... trends now
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A woman has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing her husband after years of violent abuse, but will be immediately eligible for parole.
Jean Louise Herholdt faced the Queensland Supreme Court on Friday for sentencing for the manslaughter of Sean Murray, 35, on August 27, 2020.
The 30-year-old had pleaded guilty this week and admitted to stabbing Mr Murray once in the back at their Murrumba Downs property, north of Brisbane, after he had beaten her.
Justice Peter Davis said Mr Murray had inflicted a long list of 'appalling' acts of domestic abuse including threats to kill her with a knife.
Jean-Louise Herholdt (pictured, right) allegedly stabbed the father-of-three, Sean Murray (pictured, left) in the back with a 30cm kitchen knife after getting into an argument in a home at Murrumba Downs, in Brisbane's north
'There is no doubt that Mr Murray was physically violent towards you and injured you in other ways as well,' Justice Davis said.
'However, Mr Murray had a family and he also had rights. A victim impact statement demonstrates the hurt which his family has suffered as a result of his death and of course he lost
