Man who killed Victorian postmaster in ‘despicable’ unprovoked assault jailed for minimum five years

Troy Maskell, 44, sentenced to maximum eight years in prison for killing John Burke, 73, of Strathmerton

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A Victorian judge has sentenced a killer who launched a despicable" unprovoked attack on a beloved postmaster at a service station to a maximum of eight years in prison.

Troy Maskell, 44, will have to serve a minimum of five years before becoming eligible for parole, after being found guiltyof manslaughter for the 2021 killing at a Shell service station in Victoria's north.

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