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The son of a woman who killed her abusive husband by lacing a biscuit with temazepam has said she doesn't deserve jail time because she suffered at his hands for more than a decade.
Rebecca Payne, 43, who has been dubbed the 'cookie monster', was found guilty of the murder of father-of-five Noel Payne, 68, by a Supreme Court jury in regional Victoria earlier this year.
During sentencing this week, Justice Rita Incerti said Payne's 'claim for mercy is compelling' due to the horrific abuse inflicted by Mr Payne which she suffered over many years.
She was sentenced to a maximum 16-year prison sentence, and must serve ten years before she is eligible for parole.
But Payne's son Jamie said the sentence was too heavy handed, saying a person 'can only take so much physical, mental and sexual abuse'.
'I don't feel she deserved it (the sentence) because she went through 14 or 15 years of abuse,' Jamie told A Current Affair.
'I feel she's done her time.'
Rebecca Payne's son Jamie (pictured) said he felt his mother had already served a jail sentence in an abusive relationship
Rebecca Payne, 43, who has been dubbed the 'cookie monster', was found guilty of the murder of father-of-five Noel Payne by a Supreme Court jury in regional Victoria earlier this year
Jamie has moved to rural Victoria from WA to take care of his younger siblings.
'I know she (Payne) has nightmares, she can't sleep at times,' he added.
'But I know that where she is she has got help and will definitely come out stronger than when she went in.
'I hope she gets out soon and we can just become a family and reunite as one again.'
In September 2020, Payne gave her husband a fatal dose of temazepam by lacing the icing of biscuits and serving them to him with a cup of
