The man who stalked, raped and murdered comedian Eurydice Dixon in a Melbourne park last year has been sentenced to life in prison.

Key points: Jaymes Todd's killing of Ms Dixon was described as "categorically evil" by the sentencing judge

Jaymes Todd's killing of Ms Dixon was described as "categorically evil" by the sentencing judge Justice Stephen Kaye said Todd's rehabilitation prospects were "very limited"

Justice Stephen Kaye said Todd's rehabilitation prospects were "very limited" Outside court, Ms Dixon's father said his daughter would have wished for Todd to get better

Jaymes Todd, 20, must serve a minimum of 35 years in jail before he can apply for parole.

Victorian Supreme Court Justice Stephen Kaye had been asked to consider imposing a life sentence without parole for Todd, who had pleaded guilty to 22-year-old Ms Dixon's murder as well as her rape, attempted rape and sexual assault.

Justice Kaye described Todd's actions as "perverted and depraved", "totally and categorically evil" and "craven and sadistic" as he delivered his nearly two-hour-long sentencing remarks.

During a plea hearing last month, the court heard Todd was at "significant" risk of reoffending because he had sexual sadism disorder and had watched violent pornography before and after he attacked Ms Dixon as she walked home after performing comedy in the city on June 12 last year.

Eurydice Dixon, 22, was remembered as a bold and talented comedian. ( Supplied: Facebook )

The court heard how Todd hid himself from Ms Dixon numerous times as he stalked her for more than 4 kilometres through Melbourne's CBD and into Princes Park on the night of her murder.

"Whenever Eurydice slowed down or stopped, you slowed down or stopped," Justice Kaye said.

Violent pornography searches in lead-up to killing

The court heard over the year before the murder Todd was obsessed with and addicted to a fantasy of "coercive rape" which escalated to include fantasies of death.

Todd had searched the internet for "snuff films" which depicted violent sexual encounters ending in death, the court heard.

Justice Kaye said there were "poor" prospects of addressing Todd's sexual sadism disorder and he therefore had "very limited" prospects of rehabilitation.

He said he was satisfied Todd had intended to kill Ms Dixon.

Thousands gathered in the aftermath of Ms Dixon's death at a vigil in Princes Park. ( AAP: Julian Smith )

"You waited until Eurydice was well into the dark reaches of Princes Park [before attacking her]," he said.

The court heard Todd turned himself in to police after a friend saw him on police-issued CCTV but gave detectives three different versions of what happened that night during interviews.

"You spun a farrago of lies to evade responsibility for what you have done," Justice Kaye told an impassive Todd.

"There was no evidence that your vicious act … troubled your conscience."

In addition to life imprisonment, Todd was sentenced to 11 years' jail for rape, seven years for attempted rape and two years for sexual assault.

Todd will serve those sentences concurrently with the life sentence.

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Father remembers Ms Dixon's 'wit, courage, kindness'

Outside court, Ms Dixon's father Jeremy Dixon said he was glad a killer was off the streets.

"I wasn't ever going to comment on the sentence, whatever it was, I won't comment on it now," Mr Dixon said.

Eurydice Dixon's sister said in a victim impact statement her sibling was "gutsy and determined and clever". ( Supplied: Facebook )

"What I wish for Jaymes Todd and what I believe Eurydice would wish, is that he gets better, and … realises what he's done.

"I extend my sympathies, my sincere sympathy for those who love him. It's a terrible tragedy all round.

"Eurydice herself should be remembered, as her friends will remember her, for her wit and her courage and for her kindness, not for her death."

The judge had also quoted Ms Dixon's sister, Polly Cotton, who had told the court her sibling had lived an "honourable life".

"She was gutsy and determined and clever," Ms Cotton had said.

"When I think of her I feel proud and inspired."

'Pure and unmitigated evil'

The court also heard that at the time of the offence, Todd lived with his parents in Broadmeadows in a home of "rotting refuse" and "squalor" which would have affected his emotional state.

The judge denounced Todd's killing as within the most serious category of murder offences.

The court had previously heard Jaymes Todd remained at "significant risk" of reoffending. ( ABC News )

"The sheer terror that Eurydice must have experienced … is unimaginable," Justice Kaye said.

"Her last moments on this earth must have been utterly horrifying for her.

"Eurydice was then doing what she — and any other person in our society — is entitled to do, namely walking peacefully in a public area of our city.

"She was vulnerable and in the circumstances defenceless.

"In a most callous and cowardly manner, you set upon her, sexually assaulting and humiliating her, before cruelly strangling her to death.

"You intentionally killed Eurydice Dixon by choking her to death in order to gratify your perverted and depraved sexual desires."

The court heard Ms Dixon died of compression of the neck and asphyxiation, and also sustained blunt force injuries to the head and other parts of her body.