WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A man who stabbed a Gold Coast woman before fatally setting her alight in her backyard has been jailed for life. Brian Earl Johnston, 37 faced the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Wednesday after he earlier pleaded guilty to murdering Kelly Wilkinson on April 20, 2021. Johnston was the estranged husband of Wilkinson, who had been granted multiple court orders that attempted to protect her.
He also brought a bag containing duct tape, zip ties, sedatives and an item he had intended to use to take his own life. Johnston was arrested two blocks from the home suffering from extensive self-inflicted injuries. Defence barrister Kim Bryson said Johnston was remorseful, and was exposed to domestic violence and excessive physical discipline as a child.
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