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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Adeshola Ore

Celeste Manno’s mother condemns murderer Luay Sako’s ‘outrageous’ sentence and vows to fight to keep him behind bars

Celeste Manno’s mother, Aggie Di Mauro outside the supreme court in Melbourne
Celeste Manno’s mother Aggie Di Mauro outside the supreme court in Melbourne after Luay Sako was sentenced to a maximum of 36 years in prison for murdering Manno in 2020. Photograph: Con Chronis/AAP

The mother of Melbourne woman Celeste Manno, who was stalked and viciously stabbed to death while sleeping in her bed, has vowed to fight to keep her daughter’s murderer behind bars after he avoided a life sentence.

Luay Sako, 39, was sentenced in the Victorian supreme court on Thursday to a minimum of 30 years in prison. He pleaded guilty last year to murdering his former colleague in 2020. The killing had followed a campaign of stalking and harassment of Manno, 23, that had been carried out over about 18 months.

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