Complex sentence: Marsden had a long association with the Milat family and had successfully represented Ivan Milat on charges of rape in the 1970s, but shortly after being arrested in 1994 for the backpacker murders Milat sacked him.
Split into simpler sentences: Marsden had a long association with the Milat family and had successfully represented Ivan Milat on charges of rape in the 1970s. Shortly after being arrested in 1994 for the backpacker murders Milat sacked him.