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Duncan Murray

Jail sentence upheld over 'senseless' AirPod murder

Abdul Karaali was sentenced to 28 years in jail after a jury found him guilty of murder. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A man who bashed his "prostrate and defenceless" victim to death over a pair of fake Apple earphones has failed to convince an appeals court he did not have the intention of killing him.

Ross Houllis died in hospital from catastrophic injuries to the brain and lungs after being brutally beaten in suburban Sydney by Abdul Karaali and Sami Hamdach in February 2020.

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