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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Tim Piccione

Why wife 'violently ended' husband's life may never be known

Dale Vella, who was sentenced on Friday, and husband Mark Vella. Picture Facebook

A woman who killed her sleeping husband will spend at least 18 years behind bars after a judge said it may never be known why the women committed the "crime of extreme violence".

"With much to live for, and aged only about 50, Mr Vella's life was violently ended when he was shot dead by his wife," Justice Helen Wilson said on Friday.

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