Australian gets 26 years for killing Canadian ex-ballerina


An Australian who threw his Canadian girlfriend off the balcony of their high-rise Sydney apartment has been sentenced to 26 years in jail

Sydney (AFP) - An Australian who threw his Canadian girlfriend off the balcony of their high-rise Sydney apartment in a crime that captivated the nation was Tuesday sentenced to 26 years in jail.

Simon Gittany was convicted of hurling his fiancee, former ballerina Lisa Harnum, from their 15th floor home in a fit of rage in July 2011 after discovering she planned to leave him.

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