A depraved man who strangled and raped a grandmother before dumping her body in a bush grave has been sentenced to 23 years behind bars.
Mathew Mark Hemsley, 34, murdered Julie Anne Cooper, 55, after meeting her at Saint George Hotel in Innaloo, Perth, in August 2018.
Hemsley claimed Ms Cooper had choked herself with a dog collar as part of an erotic sexual act, but a jury last year rejected his version of events.
Supreme Court Justice Bruno Fiannaca said Hemsley subjected her to further indignity by disposing of her body in a bush grave in shrubland in Ashendon.
Mathew Mark Hemsley, 34, murdered Julie Anne Cooper, 55, after meeting her at Saint George Hotel in Innaloo, Perth in August 2018