Overview
- The Victorian Supreme Court set a non-parole period of seven years, with time already served making eligibility for release about six years away.
- Annette Brennan, 67, was killed on July 1, 2024, only weeks after taking Fleming in as a tenant at her Coolaroo rental.
- Forensic testing found Fleming’s DNA on the wheelie bin’s handles and on gloves inside it, linking him to the disposal after he cleaned the house and moved out.
- Fleming repeatedly refused to face Brennan’s family in court and twice resisted boarding a prison van, which delayed the sentencing.
- He had prior convictions and was on a community corrections order at the time, while friends and former students remembered Brennan as a devoted English teacher.