Article: Vic: Man gets 21 years' jail for robbery victim murder


AAP General News (Australia)
10-06-2009
Vic: Man gets 21 years' jail for robbery victim murder

By Melissa Iaria

MELBOURNE, Oct 6 AAP - A balaclava-clad killer who brutally murdered a Melbourne retiree
he planned on robbing has been jailed for 21 years.

Lorenzo Favata, 41, turned up to Samuel Macumber's door clad in a balaclava, gloves
and armed with a crowbar Lawyer on March 26, 1999 ready to rob him, the Victorian Supreme
Court heard.

But the pair had met before - through Favata's brother-in-law - and Mr Macumber recognised
his voice.

Favata demanded money then bludgeoned and stabbed Mr Macumber to death in his Clayton home.

The 51-year-old was found lying in his hallway with 29 ...

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