Domestic violence murder of happy gorgeous woman motivated by jealousy court told

A young mother who was killed in a domestic violence murder and dumped in a patch of remote bushland was happy, gorgeous, outgoing and full of life, her mother has told a court in an emotional statement.

Carly McBride, 31, was killed by her boyfriend Sayle Kenneth Newson, 44, in September 2014.

Carly McBride was murdered in 2014.

The martial arts expert inflicted significant injuries on Ms McBride, including 23 fractures to her head, before dumping her body near Scone in the Hunter Valley, where she was not found until August 2016.

He was found guilty of murder in June following a trial in the NSW Supreme Court.

On Monday, Ms McBride’s mother Lorraine Williams told a sentencing hearing that she lived in a blur of grief and anxiety for two years as she waited for her happy, gorgeous and outgoing daughter to come home to her two young children.

Instead, the next time she saw Carly was in the morgue â€" a day she tearfully described as “the worst day of my life”.

Lorraine Williams, pictured in 2016, remembered her daughter as happy and gorgeous.Credit:Simone De Peak

“Carly should be here â€" living her life with her children, her sister, her father and me,” Ms Williams said.

“After today, I never want to hear, speak or see the man who took my beautiful daughter’s life ever again. He did the worst thing a human could do to another person when he murdered her. He no longer has any power to hurt me, and I refuse to think of him any more.”

Ms Williams said her daughter was “beautiful inside and out and had a kind soul”, and her heart breaks for her grandchildren.

“I will miss Carly for the rest of my life, every second of every day,” Ms Williams said.

Crown prosecutor Lee Carr, SC, said Newson claimed to love Ms McBride, yet he launched a brutal assault on her before discarding her “like something of no worth ... left to the elements and scavenging animals”.

“The evidence that was placed before the jury disclosed a significant degree of violence that was visited upon the deceased … some 23 fractures to the head and 13 to other areas of the body, predominantly the ribs and the back,” Mr Carr said. “This offence seems to have its genesis in jealousy and possessiveness.”

Mr Carr said Newson made “false representations” about Ms McBride being missing, which were designed for “no other purpose” than to distance himself from what he had done.

“The offender was a person who had a background in martial and combat-type arts,” Mr Carr said. “He’d had 20 professional fights with 20 victories, and had trained with world champions. The deceased weighed 50 kilograms.”

Newson’s barrister Chris Watson said his client maintained his innocence and denied killing Ms McBride. He said the Crown’s case was the killing was spontaneous and unplanned.

Mr Watson referred to psychiatric reports detailing a childhood trauma suffered by Newson, which had potential links to him engaging in “excessive emotional reactions” such as anger and jealousy.

“We say that they are important indications that should be taken into account,” Mr Watson said.

Justice Mark Ierace will deliver his sentence at a later date.

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