A college lecturer who admitted murdering his spouse at their suburban dwelling after a heated argument over childcare preparations has been jailed for as much as 24 years.
Adam Brown, a 41-year-old gender research and digital media lecturer at Deakin College, was sentenced by the Victorian Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, after final 12 months admitting the homicide of his spouse, Chen Cheng, 35.
The couple started arguing in an upstairs bed room of their unit in Melbourne‘s east, on the night of April 30, after which moved downstairs to the kitchen, the place Brown claimed they each grabbed knifes.
41-year-old gender research and digital media lecturer at Deakin College, Adam Brown (pictured), has been sentenced to 24 years imprisonment for murdering his spouse final 12 months
Neighbours heard Ms Cheng scream ‘assist me, assist me, he’s attempting to kill me’ earlier than she died, and Brown telling her ‘cease’, ‘get down’, ‘shut up’.
The combat moved to the yard, the place the couple struggled on the grass over a knife. Brown stabbed Ms Cheng a number of occasions, together with giant wounds to her neck and chest.
Neighbours knocked on the door till Brown allow them to inside. They discovered Ms Cheng, bleeding together with her physique mendacity lifeless on the grass.
One of many neighbours, a nurse, tried to carry out CPR on Ms Cheng. Paramedics arrived and declared her useless on the scene about 10.40pm.
Brown was wearing a go well with and tie as he appeared on the Supreme Court docket on Tuesday, the place he discovered his destiny.
Justice John Champion sentenced him to 24 years in jail for the ‘savage and sustained assault’ on his spouse whereas their two-year-old son was in the identical home.
Ms Cheng was final heard screaming for assist simply behind a fence at their Melbourne home (pictured), earlier than neighbours discovered her lifeless and bleeding on the grass
The choose slammed Brown’s declare that he and Chen Cheng, 35, (hassle pictured) had stabbed one another following an argument,
The choose rejected Brown’s claims to police that the couple had stabbed one another in the course of the combat.
Brown had solely sustained minor accidents, whereas Ms Cheng acquired a number of stab wounds together with deep cuts to her neck and chest.
‘Ms Cheng fought for her life towards your assault on her … she was frightened of what was occurring,’ Justice Champion mentioned.
Brown has already served greater than a 12 months of his sentence and will probably be eligible for parole after 17-and-a-half years.
He waved to his household and associates in court docket, as he was escorted out to a jail van.
