A sentence of 20 years' imprisonment with a 16-year non-parole period for murder is within range where the offending, while not pre-planned, involved forced entry into the victim's home, time to reconsider the murderous impulse, and significant aggravating features including a taunting phone call. Such offending sits at the upper end of the lowest category of seriousness for murder. The median sentence for murder in Victoria during 2007-08 to 2011-12 was 19 years.
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