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Ethan James

Woman's killer should be shown leniency, lawyer argues

A man who murdered his ex-wife on Christmas Day is set to be sentenced in June. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

A man who stabbed his ex-wife to death should be shown a "degree of leniency" in sentencing partly because of his previously clean criminal record and remorse, his lawyer says.

Darren Mark Wake is set to be sentenced in June after pleading guilty to murdering 52-year-old midwife Rachel Wake at her Hobart home on Christmas Day, 2021.

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