By CASEY NEILL
A HALLAM woman has been jailed for four years after bashing her Noble Park landlord to death in his own home.
Kristy Robb, 28, was on Friday 25 September convicted of the manslaughter of Alan Matthews, 69, on 30 January last year.
Justice Jack Rush on Wednesday 28 October sentenced her to four years in jail with a two and a half year non-parole period.
The court heard that Robb lived in a bungalow on Mr Matthews’ Henry Street property for about a week in January but hadn’t paid rent, so the landlord held onto some of her belongings when she moved out.
Robb broke into the bungalow with boyfriend Gino Rachele, 42, to retrieve the items but Mr Matthews discovered and confronted them.
The court heard that Mr Matthews called triple-zero after the intruders fled, saying he’d been assaulted, provided Robb’s name and number and described Rachele.
Police found Mr Matthews dead in his bathroom a short time later.
Rachele was on Thursday 3 September sentenced to a one-year community corrections order after pleading guilty to one charge of recklessly causing injury and false imprisonment.
