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A notorious murderer who was jailed for viciously stabbing a sex worker to death before going on a terrifying rampage through the Sydney CBD has had three years shaved off his earliest possible release on appeal.
However, Mert Ney, who shocked the city when he went on a bloody rampage through Sydney’s streets in August 2019, still won’t be eligible for release until the middle of the century.
Ney murdered Michaela Dunn before running through the streets brandishing a knife and stabbing another woman. He was then subdued by brave good Samaritans.
In Sydney’s Supreme Court in May 2021, Justice Peter Johnson described Ney’s actions as a ‘cruel, brutal and terrifying attack made for no reason’.
He sentenced the unemployed man to 44 years in jail and set his first possible release on parole at August 2052 after serving 33 years.
However, Ney earlier this year appealed the length of his sentence.
Supreme Court
On Wednesday, the Court of Appeal quashed…