There were dramatic scenes in court when Attwood appeared to faint in the dock for a short time while Justice Lindy Jenkins was handing down her sentencing remarks. Court proceedings were halted for 10-15 minutes while security guards attended to her. Corey Dymock and Robert Edhouse. Attwood, who was Mr Taylor's partner of nine years and the mother of his child, along with Edhouse and Dymock were members of the Aryan Nations white supremacist group. Attwood and Edhouse had also started a sexual relationship before the crime was committed.

Mr Taylor, a qualified boilermaker and FIFO worker, was murdered on the morning of April 22, 2016 as he slept in his Girrawheen home. The father-of-one had nothing to do with the Ayran Nations group. During a court hearing last week, prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo said there were two motives for the crime to be carried out: one financial, claiming the group hoped to get their hands on Mr Taylor's life insurance payout. Shortly before he died Mr Taylor had applied to have his life insurance benefit payout increased

to $832,000, the court was previously told. The second motive was so that the relationship between Edhouse and Attwood could continue without Mr Taylor in the way, Ms Barbagallo said, claiming the murder was planned and premeditated.

"It was a very brutal murder," she said. The murder weapon used to kill Mr Taylor has never been found. However, the court was previously told how Edhouse admitted to having disposed of a hammer and some clothing after the crime was committed. The trio went to the movies to watch the 'Jungle Book' after the attack to create an alibi, while Dymock had also allowed his co-offenders to shower at his home after the offence. During Tuesday's sentencing hearing, Justice Jenkins handed down her detailed findings in relation to the exact role each of the three played in the murder of Mr Taylor, 42.

She said she was satisfied Edhouse had helped inflict some of the blows on Mr Taylor, along with another co-accused, who cannot be named, and who has already been sentenced for his role in the murder. "You played the greater role in its commission," Justice Jenkins said of Edhouse's role. "Your offending is made more serious because you intended to kill Mr Taylor." She said while Attwood did not take part in the fatal beating, she knew full well that Mr Taylor was to be fatally assaulted and had been "motivated" to get rid of him because she no longer wanted to be with him. "Neither of you have shown any remorse," Justice Jenkins said of Attwood and Edhouse.

Justice Jenkins said Dymock, also 22, did not join in on the plan to kill Mr Taylor but did help his co-offenders greatly after the attack had taken place. "I find that he (Dymock) was a very willing participant in the cover up," Justice Jenkins said. "He willingly assisted his co-offenders." Justice Jenkins said she was also satisfied Mr Taylor was unaware of the sexual relationship which had started between Edhouse and Attwood. This was for a range of reasons, she said, including a series of text messages that Mr Taylor had sent Attwood in the lead up to his death which "continued to show a loving attachment" to her, Justice Jenkins said.

Justice Jenkins described the murder as vicious, premeditated and horrendous. She said the murder had not only deprived a young child of his father but also his mother who was now in jail over the offence. Justice Jenkins said it was a "degrading act" by the trio to leave Mr Taylor to die a slow, painful and lonely death in his home. She said the injuries inflicted on Mr Taylor were "so significant" and showed he'd repeatedly suffered blows to the head, causing skull fractures and major brain injuries. Edhouse was also handed a concurrent 10 month jail term on Tuesday over a contempt of court charge.

Edhouse was charged with the offence after he assaulted and threatened to kill Dymock at a previous court hearing in March. Outside court Alan Taylor's parents Robert and Rosemary said they were satisfied with the sentences handed down. "They left him on the floor, smashed his head that much...without ringing an ambulance or anything," Mr Taylor said. Mrs Taylor said one of the tragedies of the entire case was that their grandson had no father or mother around. "His favorite saying is: 'My mum's in jail and my dad's dead and I don't know why,'" she said.

"That has to be so gently gently explained to him...how would you be as a little boy?" Mrs and Mr Taylor described their son as a cheeky, loving and caring person. "You could have given her (Attwood) a million years, it makes no difference to my position one little bit," Mrs Taylor added. "I've still lost my son, my life has been shattered."