Overview
- The Brisbane Supreme Court jury found King guilty of killing 74-year-old Susan Walker on the Gold Coast in March 2022.
- He was handed a mandatory life sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.
- Prosecutors said he savagely beat her, leaving 54 injuries, before choking her with an extension cord.
- The Crown alleged he left bloody footprints to the pool and tried to wash away evidence, while forensic officers reported traces of his DNA under her fingernails.
- The Crown argued he acted after being told to move out and having no money, while the defence said he found the body and denied the killing.