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Life Term For Insane Killer Macdonald Found Guilty
William Mace Macdonald, 39, English migrant, was found guilty of murdering Patrick Hackett at Concord last September. In Central Criminal Court Justice McClemens sentenced him to life imprisonment after psychiatrists deemed him insane. Defense argued voices urged him to kill while prosecutors noted he believed in being controlled by a voice. experts cited paranoid schizophrenia and a sadistic motive.
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Sydney
Willian Macedonald
Patrick Joseph Hackett
Concord
Central Criminal Court
Justice McClemens
Macdonald
R. J. Birney
Hackett
Birney le
Wo J, Knight
Vorce
Wovervicts
Oscar Sehmalzbach
Macquarie Street
City
Schmalzbach
Australa
P.M.G