In sentencing, Justice Geoffrey Nettle said the murder ranked as one of the worst ever committed in Victoria.

Justice Nettle said he had decided to impose a non-parole period of 35 years to give Bayley some incentive to try to rehabilitate himself in jail, and because he considered the guilty plea reflected some small degree of remorse.

Bayley has previously appealed the severity of prison sentences.He was on parole for a series of rapes against sex workers when he bashed a man in Geelong in August, 2011.Facing the Geelong Magistrates Court last year over the assault, Bayley was convicted and sentenced to three months in prison, but then appealed against the sentence.

Because he was appealing, he was released from custody on the basis that by the time the appeal was heard, he might already have served the three months to which he was initially sentenced.

This also meant he was not returned to custody for breaching parole, which was to end in March this year.