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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Belmont South machete killer will be out early after appeal

FAMILY FEUD: Justin Fuller was convicted of killing Guy McCulloch at Belmont South in 2018. On Monday, Fuller's jail term was reduced on appeal.

JUSTIN Fuller, who used two machetes to stab his half-sister's partner to death at Belmont South in 2018, the culmination of a bitter and long-running family dispute, will be out of jail in less than two years after he successfully appealed against the severity of his sentence.

Fuller, now 35, had seven months shaved off his non-parole period on Monday after his barrister, Winston Terracini, SC, successfully argued that Justice Richard Cavanagh had erred in not giving him a 25 per cent discount on his sentence for offering to plead guilty to manslaughter when the matter was still before the local court.

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