A cattle farmer is jailed for at least 40 years after a sentencing judge finds he killed three neighbours and attempted to kill a fourth during a shooting at a remote property.
Reports describe the attack as targeting members of a neighbouring family. The court states the offender shot four people, with three later dying. One outlet quotes the sentencing judge describing the killings as being carried out in a manner likened to killing “feral animals” on the property. Another account characterises the case as the murder of three people and an attempted murder of a fourth.
While outlets differ slightly in wording—some emphasising the judge’s comparison to “feral animals,” others stressing the number of people killed versus an attempt to kill—the overall account is consistent: the shooting involved neighbours, took place at a remote location, and results in a minimum 40-year prison term.
