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Victoriaâs Court of Appeal has asked lawyers to examine how other countries assess indigenous disadvantage as a sentencing factor before it considers increasing the jail term of the man who murdered Aiia Maasarwe.
Prosecutors want Codey Herrmannâs 36-year jail term for murdering the international student in Bundoora last year to be raised on the grounds the punishment was manifestly inadequate.
Codey Herrmann enters the Supreme Court for a hearing last year.
Credit:Justin McManus
Supreme Court Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth jailed Herrmann for 36 years, to serve 30 years before he is eligible for parole, after he pleaded guilty to murder after attacking Ms Maasarwe on January 16 last year.