![]() ABC Online | Housemate killer gets 18 years The Australian A 29-year-old Melburnian has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing his flatmate. Source: The Advertiser A MELBOURNE man who dropped an 8kg concrete platypus on his gay housemate as he beat him to death has been sentenced to 18 years' jail. ... Man jailed for killing gay housemate Man jailed for bashing housemate to death with platypus statue Flatmate murder a 'savage act of brutality' |