Jonwa Rowe pleaded guilty to murdering Stephen O’Grady in Leeton in March 2018
Australian Associated Press
Last modified on Mon 11 Nov 2019 04.44 GMTA driver has been jailed for at least 17 years and six months for the murder of a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash in the New South Wales Riverina area.
Jonwa Rowe pleaded guilty in May to murdering Stephen O’Grady in a crash about 2am on 25 March 2018 at Leeton.
The 33-year-old cyclist died at the scene after being struck by a Toyota HiLux utility driven by Rowe.
In the NSW supreme court in Wagga Wagga on Monday, Justice Michael Walton convicted the 27-year-old of murder and jailed him for 23 years.
He set a non-parole period of 17 years and six months.
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Jonwa Rowe pleaded guilty to murdering Stephen O’Grady in Leeton in March 2018 Australian Associated Press Last modified on Mon 11 Nov 2019 04.44 GMT A driver has been jailed for at least 17 years and six months for the murder of a cyclist in a hit-and-run crash in the New South Wales Riverina area. […]