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Richardo Barbaro sentenced to 28 years in jail for murdering Ellie Price
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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11/1/2024
A Melbourne man has been sentenced to nearly three decades behind bars for the murder of his partner in 2020. Ricardo Barbaro stabbed 26-year-old Ellie Price, six times in her south Melbourne apartment.
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Ms Price's body was found with six stab wounds in blood stained clothing in her South Melbourne
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apartment in early May 2020 where police believe it may have been left for a number of days.
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Barbaro had already fled interstate by that point and wasn't arrested in New South Wales
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until about two weeks after Ms Price's death and although he maintains his innocence, DNA
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evidence linked him back to the grisly scene.
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Court today heard the pair had a volatile and acrimonious relationship characterised
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by Barbaro's violent outburst towards her to the extent that an intervention order against
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him had been taken out at the time of her death.
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The judge regarded this as an aggravating factor in her murder as well as the fact that
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she was essentially defenceless and helpless against his savage onslaught.
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Her death left a young boy motherless and a family who are mostly from Tasmania with
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deep and ongoing pain.
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Outside court today, Ms Price's mother said the sentence wasn't long enough.
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No matter how long it gets, it's not long enough because my daughter's life's been taken.
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He's been taken away from his mum.
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The judge recognised Barbaro's troubled childhood and serious mental health issues as mitigating
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factors but said his moral culpability over the murder was ultimately high and his remorse
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and insight into the enormity of his crime essentially none.
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He'll face a non-parole period of 22 years.
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