Lorraine Williams speaks out eight years after daughter Carly McBride was brutally murdered

The mother of Carly McBride says she can now move on eight years after her daughter was brutally killed. The monster who did it and the man who helped cover it up now both behind bars.

NSW Police detectives at the site where Carly McBride's remains were discovered near Scone.

It’s been more than eight years of hell since her ‘baby’ was brutally murdered.

Finally for Lorraine Williams, the mother of Carly McBride, and her family, they can move on and grieve properly.

The monster who killed her daughter and the man who helped cover it now both behind bars.

“Culmination of all these years and there was always two involved, but it has never been done until today for me,” she said.

“It’s very surreal.”

Lorraine Williams, mother of Carly McBride, when she appealed to the public for assistance in her daughter’s murder. Picture by Peter Lorimer.

McBride was brutally murdered by jealous boyfriend Sayle Newson.

First it was Sayle Kenneth Newson, Ms McBride’s jealous boyfriend, who was found guilty of murdering the Belmont mother-of-two, put away for a maximum of 27 years in December last year.

In an ice-fuelled rage he callously killed the 31-year-old on September 30, 2014 before he buried her body in a shallow grave at Owen’s Gap near Scone.

It was his ‘mate’, James Anthony Cunneen who helped dispose of the body and cover the heinous crime up, thwarting the police investigation, before her body was discovered nearly two years later.

Sayle Newson got 27 years in jail for killing McBride. Supplied.

On Friday, the now 31-year-old was sentenced for his part in the horrific killing, found guilty on a charge of accessory after the fact to murder, set to be behind bars for at least four years.

“Not enough time, none of their times are enough,” Ms Williams said.

“It’s a lot, my family is disjointed all a little bit but we’ll get back, it’s just knocked the crap out of us all.”

She described the feeling as not a relief, but more so a “different level of peace”.

“Because I know they’re both off the streets, and they can’t do it to anybody else,” Ms Williams explained.

Feeling it is now time to finally move on and celebrate the life of her beautiful daughter.

“Carly wants me to do that and my baby’s mantra was keep on smiling mum, so that’s what I’m telling everybody,” Ms Williams sobbed.

“She’s not coming back but these people have got their comeuppance and that’s it for me.”

She also thanked the A-team, her lawyers and the detectives who tirelessly worked on the case, for the mammoth task in bringing those responsible to justice.

The parents of Carly McBride, Lorraine Williams and Steve McBride. Picture by Peter Lorimer.

“It wouldn’t be possible without the A team, I can’t say enough about them,” she said.

“They got Carly’s truth, as hard as it is for me and my family, it’s better than not knowing.”

Now Ms Williams is set to focus her energy on a new role in memory of her daughter.

After taking a bit of time off and doing some travelling, she plans to return to work and take on an ambassador type role for those suffering from domestic violence.

“Domestic violence is soaring in the country and 17 per cent more aboriginal women are murdered every year,” she said.

“It’s wrong and I hope to work in DV eventually next year.

“She’s always with me.”