Queensland woman immediately eligible for parole after killing abusive husband

Sean Murray inflicted appalling' acts of domestic violence before Jean Louise Herholdt stabbed him

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A woman has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for killing her husband after years of violent abuse, but will be immediately eligible for parole.

Jean Louise Herholdt faced Queensland's supreme court on Friday for sentencing over the manslaughter of Sean Murray, 35.

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