A MAN who shot and decapitated his neighbour after an argument about a tree has been sentenced to at least 19 years in jail.
Jonathon Andrew Stenberg, 47, killed Edward "Ned" Kelly, 54, at his Broadwater home on the NSW north coast in June last year.
In sentencing him at the Supreme Court on Friday, Justice Monika Schmidt described Stenberg's actions as "brutal and unnecessary".
She said Stenberg was not remorseful, as he had failed to reveal what he had done with Mr Kelly's head, which had never been found.
"I am not convinced ... the offender has accepted necessary responsibility for his actions, which resulted in the brutal and unprovoked death of Mr Kelly, or that he has taken the step available to him to make reparation for what he has done," she said.
Mr Kelly's headless body was found on his kitchen floor with two blood-stained knives next to his neck.
The court heard the pair had a history of bad blood, dating back to 2008 when Stenberg bought a block of land neighbouring Mr Kelly.
On the morning of Sunday, June 17, 2012, Stenberg was cutting down a tree on his property when a row between the two erupted.
Around 3am the next morning, Stenberg stumbled home from the pub, telling his wife: "I got pissed off and shot our neighbour."
Stenberg fled and was found in July, hiding out in thick scrub just south of Darwin armed with a Glock pistol.
Justice Schmidt said Stenberg, who had served in the military for two years, had been "high-functioning and successful".
While he had a history of anxiety and depression, there was no evidence it was severe or debilitating, she said.
The court heard the global financial crisis had hit Stenberg hard and he was now bankrupt.
She sentenced him to a maximum of 25 years and five months.
His earliest date for release is in June 2031.
Outside court, Mr Kelly's sister, Margaret Simmons, said the murder had hurt the entire family, particularly his girlfriend Barbara Mikkelsen.
"An atomic bomb has been dropped on our lives ... his girlfriend is devastated ... She has nothing now, nothing."
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