A drunk Englishman obsessed with his Airbnb host has avoided a murder conviction after he killed her then burnt her house down with her body in it.
The remains of surveyor Maree Vermont, 60, were found in the ashes of the home she designed and built in rural Victoria in August 2023.
Her body had been burnt beyond all recognition and, as a result, two Supreme Court of Victoria juries were unable to conclude she had been murdered.
On Thursday, Timothy Loosemore, 62, from Somerset in the UK, appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria for a pre-sentence hearing after being found guilty of
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