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An autopsy later revealed Mr Prineas had suffered 37 stab wounds to his head, neck, chest, arms and leg.
'The offender stopped the attack, dropped the knife on the bedroom floor and left the room... he had not said anything during the incident,' the court heard.
An injured and bleeding Mr Prineas remained conscious long enough to tell the woman he could not breathe.
Mr Prineas (pictured) had only just met the woman the night he was attacked
An ambulance arrived and rushed him to Canberra Hospital where he died about an hour after the attack.
Newby drove to his mother's house that night and confessed to her.