A father in Victoria, Australia, has stood before the state's Supreme Court to make a heartbreaking speech following the murder of his son in 2020.
Per News.com.au, farmer Jon Lovison and his wife Dianne made a devastating speech to the woman who was involved in their son Jarrad's death. He was allegedly lured to remote bushland by 26-year-old Samantha Grace Guillerme - a woman he allegedly sought a romantic connection with - who apparently believed Jarrad would be badly injured by two men, but not murdered.
Guillerme was set to stand trial with two men over the death but pleaded not guilty to a reduced charge of manslaughter when it became evident she wasn't sure what was going to happen to Jarrad. The court heard how the murder occurred after Jarrad reportedly slept with a woman who was dating one of the men accused of killing him.
Jarrad, 30, allegedly died after being forced to consume a lethal amount of GHB - also known as the date rape drug - at gunpoint in April 2020.
Guillerme reportedly waited in the car throughout the ordeal, with court documents revealing that she believed Jarred was going to "have the s*** kicked out of him."
In his statement, Jarrad's father told Guillerme and the court: "Jay, our beautiful son, was the light in our lives, and we loved him so much. He was our only child left; we'd lost our daughter 14 years ago to suicide. He was the most beautiful, loving, caring, soft-hearted, cuddly, sweet little boy who grew into the most beautiful, loving, caring, sweet and compassionate gentle giant of a man you could ever meet."
"And now Jay's been ripped away from us in the most horrific way," he continued, directing his words at Guillerme. "You have taken him from us. You have totally ripped our lives and our hearts apart and they'll never be whole again.
"You had no right to do that. You have devastated us, you have crushed us, you have destroyed our lives in so many ways and you could not even begin to comprehend our lives as they are now. We cannot sleep at night because what you have done to Jay torments our nights," he added.
"Because of your betrayal to our Jay, you have done the most horrific thing possible to our baby. You planned to do this, you planned it all and he was lured (unwittingly) by you to his death in the most evil and sinister way.
"You tricked him, you tricked him, Samantha. He trusted you, Samantha. He liked you a lot and you liked him. You used to come to our home, Jay's home, you would talk to Di and myself for hours day after day," he said.
The emotional statement ended with Jarred's father telling the court he hoped Guillerme would go to jail "for a very, very long time."
Guillerme is set to be sentenced in February next year.
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