Lindt cafe gunman’s former partner will serve at least 33 years in jail for 2013 stabbing murder orchestrated by Monis

This article is more than 3 years old

This article is more than 3 years old

Man Haron Monis’ former partner has been sentenced to at least 33 years years in jail for the disturbing, frenzied murder of the Lindt cafe gunman’s ex-wife.

Amirah Droudis was in November found guilty of stabbing the 30-year-old woman 18 times, dousing her in petrol and setting her alight at a Werrington block of flats in Sydney’s west in 2013.

In delivering his verdict at the judge-only trial in November, Justice Peter Johnson said the “hot-blooded and frenzied” attack had been orchestrated by Monis after a bitter family dispute.

Droudis, 37, appeared calm as the sentence of 44 years, non-parole 33 years, was handed down in the NSW supreme court at Darlinghust on Wednesday.

Justice Johnson said Droudis’ moral culpability in the murder was high and that she had numerous chances to back out of the attack.

He said the pair had a very unusual relationship and accepted evidence she suffered emotional and physical abuse at the hands of Monis, whom he described as an “evil man”.

“His personality was marked by ... a grandiose sense of self-importance, a lack of empathy and a demonstrated capacity for exploitative behaviour and deceitful conduct,” Johnson said on Wednesday. “He exploited what life in Australia offered him.”