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Karen Sweeney

Jail for worker who killed council boss

A prison term of more than two decades has been handed to a man who killed a shire council boss. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A disgruntled worker who shot and killed a Victorian council boss over a workplace dispute will spend more than 20 years behind bars.

Andrew Robert Paterson wrongly believed Moira Shire Council executive Rick Devlin was orchestrating a harassment campaign against him at work before the killing in August 2021.

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