serious injuries to him. he uses a wheelchair now and has difficulty communicating and that was evident during his trial. and if we see some pictures now of matiu louis de zoysa. he was found guilty of murder at the trial last month and the trial lasted. there were some significant changes that took place after that. significant changes that took place afterthat. in significant changes that took place after that. in the immediate aftermath of the incident itself, essentially there was a metal detectors that police can potentially use to search people quickly and find things like a potentially guns. and that could potentially guns. and that could potentially have made a difference in this case and that will not be known. that was a sequence of events backin known. that was a sequence of events back in 2020 and the conclusion now is that whole life sentence for louis de zoysa, but whole life term and he will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of sergeant matiu
Actually remain behind bars for the cli so that it was a whole life or the means and what the judges opted for in this case. aggravating and mitigating factors are things the judge will consider as to whether they are deciding on a starting point for sentence and whether to move it up or down and might have a scenario where someone is sentenced to life for murder with a minimum term of 20 years in the judge said actually there are a few things that are worse and i will put up to 25 years and a few thing less bad for that down for 15 years. in this case we started with the whole life order as a starting point and considered the aggravating factor to as he was having a firearm and a degree of planning and then looks at mitigating factors to do with louis de zoysa s health and decided aggravating factors outweigh the mitigating factors so if anything he could have gone higher than the starting point and we can t go
Serious injuries to him. he uses a wheelchair now and has difficulty communicating and that was evident during his trial. and if we see some pictures now of matiu louis de zoysa. he was found guilty of murder at the trial last month and the trial lasted. there were some significant changes that took place after that. significant changes that took place afterthat. in significant changes that took place after that. in the immediate aftermath of the incident itself, essentially there was a metal detectors that police can potentially use to search people quickly and find things like a potentially guns. and that could potentially guns. and that could potentially have made a difference in this case and that will not be known. that was a sequence of events
Gates again, she just quietly had a tear trickled down her cheek and incredibly important moment for her to recognise what louis de zoysa did. matt wouldn t recognise that the sentencing them matt and judge looked at him almost throughoutjust looking down occasionally to read his nights. louis de zoysa never really engage thejudges his nights. louis de zoysa never really engage the judges ijust looked down in the dock and sitting in his wheelchair and when the judge said she should be taken out there was still no reaction from louis de zoysa and he was just wheeled out at the side door of the dock throughout these proceedings. he was kept in a conference room in the main part of the court in the core of the public and wheeled into court pastels every day but at the end of proceedings today he was wheeled out of another door because of course now he s not going to be going to hospital. he
Will, if not tonight, then certainly fairly soon be going off to prison. he is a man serving the worst, the most stringent life sentence that can be passed in the country and thatis can be passed in the country and that is a whole life order. daniel, can ou that is a whole life order. daniel, can you just that is a whole life order. daniel, can you just remind that is a whole life order. daniel, can you just remind us that is a whole life order. daniel, can you just remind us of- that is a whole life order. daniel, can you just remind us of the - can you just remind us of the original incident what happened to him. ., , , original incident what happened to him. ., ,, original incident what happened to him. ., , , ., him. louis de zoysa was a 23-year-old him. louis de zoysa was a 23-year-old man - him. louis de zoysa was a 23-year-old man at - him. louis de zoysa was a 23-year-old man at the i him. louis de zoysa was a i 23-year-old man at the time him. louis de zoysa was a - 23