‘Shockingly callous crime’: Charlise Mutten’s killer Justin Stein sentenced to life in prison for murdering nine-year-old

Stein, 33, receives maximum sentence of life in prison without parole after shooting partner's daughter and dumping her body in a barrel

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The man who fatally shot schoolgirl Charlise Mutten and dumped her body in a barrel has been sentenced to life in prison for the shockingly callous crime".

Justin Stein was found guilty of murder in June, despite his claims it was the girl's mother, Kallista Mutten, - with whom he was in a relationship - who shot the nine-year-old.