'No sentence is enough': Father dismayed daughter's killer will one day walk free

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'When you take someone's life you shouldn't be able to get out of prison, ever”. 9News

The court was previously told Riggs pushed her after she spat on him during an argument in September 2001.

Riggs' father Jon Knowles greeted media outside the court today, before saying the jail term was the best they could expect after Riggs was found not guilty to murder, but that "no sentence is long enough"."They'll be out and eventually walking around in 10 years time, and my daughter can't." Ms Riggs' body lay in the shallow grave near Caboolture for years, until Riggs chanced upon heavy machinery near the burial site.Her partial skeletal remains were found in 2016 by a new owner who was building a retaining wall.

The family were recently given fresh hope of a proper burial when Riggs reportedly gave new information to police about where to look.Mr Knowles, this week lashed out at Riggs' claim about where his daughter's remains are.

 

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Yes so true . Our prisons are out of control with our laws and sentencing

Exactly, once you kill somebody out of premeditation, then you lose your right to be called a human being. You should lose all your rights and be locked up forever. And for those who commit multiple murders, then the bullet is for you

Yes no killer should be free ever

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