Farmer Ian Turnbull sentenced to 35 years for murder of NSW environment officer
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The 81-year-old farmer will die in jail after being handed a minimum 24 year sentence for murder of NSW environment officer Glen Turner in 2014
An 81-year-old farmer who callously gunned down NSW environment officer Glen Turner during a routine departmental visit has been sentenced to 35 years in jail - with a non-parole period of 24 years - after being convicted of murder.
Ian Turnbull, now 81, used a hunting rifle to murder Glen Turner, 51, who was on public land with a colleague on 29 July 2014, near the farmer's property at Croppa Creek in the state's north.
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