The mother of a woman who was killed in her sleepout says her daughter's killer got his "just deserts".
In the High Court at Auckland today, Karl John Eddy sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering his former partner, 23-year-old Alicia Jordana 'AJ' McCallion.
Justice Rebecca Ellis set down a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.
Eddy was found guilty in May of killing Miss McCallion. He slit the young hairdresser's throat, and her body was found with stab wounds in December 2012.
He claimed he took sleeping tablets on the night in question and woke up the next morning to discover texts from AJ on his phone. The Crown argued Eddy killed her and then sent the texts himself.