Shaun Barker death: Trio to be sentenced for manslaughter
Three men who put a drug dealer in an esky, deprived him of food and assaulted him are to be sentenced over his manslaughter after his remains were found charred and scattered in a remote forest north of Brisbane.
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THREE men who put a drug dealer in a fishing esky, deprived him of food, and assaulted him should each be sentenced to more than 10 years in jail, prosecutors say.
Shaun Barker’s remains were found charred and scattered in a remote forest north of Brisbane months after he was reported missing in 2014.
Stephen John Armitage, his son Matthew Leslie Armitage and William Francis Dean are being sentenced for manslaughter after an appeal court overturned their murder conviction last year.
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