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 ::Actually that's wrong on a number of counts.  1) There are no eye witnesses who saw him commit the murders.  2) He did not own any of the guns that were used.  3) He did not at any stage tell police that he did it - always insisting that he was set up.  4) He knew the Martins, who died in Seascape, and may have known 1 or 2 others as well.  5) Under Tasmanian law, there is no such thing as a life sentence meaning "for the term of his natural life", but an exception was made in this case.  6) He can appeal on a number of grounds.  Sentence in that it far exceeds the maximum allowable sentence, condition in that he is deprived of many basic rights, and of course on conviction, since he did not plead guilty - he pleaded not guilty and then was told that that was not acceptable.  Please get your facts straight.   15:06, 28 May 2005