Two men convicted over the sexual assault and death of Lynette Daley at Iluka will face a sentencing hearing in Coffs Harbour.
Ms Daley, 33, bled to death at Ten Mile Beach after a violent sex act with her boyfriend Adrian Attwater and his mate Paul Maris, on a drunken camping trip in January 2011.
In September a jury found Attwater, 43, guilty of manslaughter and aggravated sexual assault and Maris, 47, guilty of aggravated sexual assault and hindering the discovery of evidence.
The five-week trial heard the trio had been drinking heavily and driving up and down the beach in Maris’ troop carrier.
At one point Attwater and Ms Daley got on a mattress in the back of the vehicle where he “repeatedly and vigorously” sexually assaulted her, the trial heard.
Maris joined in with a sex act at Attwater’s invitation. Attwater only stopped the assault when he noticed blood on his hand, crown prosecutor Philip Strickland SC said at the trial.
The court heard the extensive injuries to Ms Daley caused significant blood loss.
“She’s lying naked in the back of the troop carrier for hours after she’s injured,” Mr Strickland said at the trial.
The injuries would have been obvious to the men, who had a duty of care to help Ms Daley in a timely manner, he said.
But instead, Maris burnt Ms Daley’s clothing and the bloodstained mattress while Attwater dragged her into the ocean to try to wash the blood off her body, he said.
Attwater claimed she’d had a fit or seizure in the ocean when she went for a swim and he performed CPR after dragging her back to shore.
He later said “I didn’t know a f***ing hug can kill you”.
Attwater and Maris, who have been behind bars since the guilty verdicts, are due to face a sentencing hearing at the NSW Supreme Court in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday.
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