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Man Sentenced for Killing Host and Burning Her Home | Melbourne News
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A UK man, Timothy Loosemore, 63, has been sentenced to 17 years for murdering Maree Vermont in 2023 and torching her home to cover it up. He’d been staying with her under a farmstay arrangement, where he worked in exchange for room and board — a kindness he allegedly repaid with violence after she rejected his advances. The judge called his actions “heartless,” noting he used petrol to destroy evidence. This was his second trial — the first ended in a hung jury — and new DNA evidence, including her blood on his pants, sealed the conviction. Vermont’s sons spoke of the unbearable grief of losing their mother and never knowing her final moments, while her family found closure in the verdict, even as they mourn the irreplaceable loss.
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