Distraught household of Ballarat lady Kobie Parfitt’s misery at punishment handed to her killer Shannon Jeffrey who wrapped her in plastic and threw her down a mine shaft

The distressed household of a mom who was killed and dumped in a mine shaft say they really feel ‘powerless and unvoiced’ as her killer was jailed for no less than seven years.

After fatally bashing Kobie Parfitt, 42, at her Ballarat dwelling, Shannon Jeffrey hung her physique in a wardrobe to make it seem like a suicide.

Jeffrey had simply been launched from jail and blamed Ms Parfitt for being locked up.

Shannon Jeffrey (above) was sentenced to 10 years behind bars over the loss of life of Kobie Parfitt virtually three and a half years in the past

She then enlisted the assistance of her good friend, Brendan Prestage, to wrap Ms Parfitt in plastic and bedding.

The pair drove the body 30 kilometres to Snake Valley and threw her down a disused mine shaft, masking the stays with grime.

Ms Parfitt’s physique remained on the backside of the mine shaft for eight months till it was discovered by police in December 2020.

After the killing, Jeffrey advised police Ms Parfitt had run away to Queensland and he or she took over her sufferer’s lease.

Ms Parfitt’s household cried in court as Justice Michael Croucher handed Jeffrey a most 10-year sentence after the 34-year-old pleaded responsible to manslaughter.

She should spend seven years in jail earlier than changing into eligible for parole, and has already served two years of that sentence.

Ms Parfitt’s household stated no sentence may convey her dwelling to them, however expressed disappointment with the jail-term.

‘At this time Shannon Jeffrey has gotten off calmly and our grief stays a life sentence,’ they stated, in a press release.

Justice Croucher described Jeffrey’s behaviour after the killing as displaying ‘cruelty and callousness’.

Relations of Kobie Parfitt who was killed in December 2020 sobbed in court docket, after they heard the decide sentence Ms Parfitt’s killer

‘That conduct included the preliminary stringing up of Ms Parfitt’s physique, the following disposal and concealment, and the spreading of false rumours concerning the disappearance,’ he stated.

‘The very considered that behaviour is horrific for Ms Parfitt’s family members.’

The physique of Kobie Parfitt (above) was discovered on the backside of a mine shaft by Victorian police, eight months after her loss of life

Ms Parfitt’s household stated these actions had prompted them additional misery and trauma.

‘Cowardly silence not solely offers house for the deterioration of proof, nevertheless it prolongs trauma and misery for us all,’ they stated.

‘We’re left powerless and unvoiced and the trauma and misery continues.’

Jeffrey’s supporters waved and yelled ‘love you Shannon’ as she was escorted out of the dock by custody officers.

Prestage spent two-and-a-half years in jail after admitting to aiding Jeffrey in disposing of the physique.

He walked free in July this yr, having already served his sentence.