Man Haron Monis' former partner has been sentenced to at least 33 years in jail for the disturbing, frenzied murder of the Lindt Cafe gunman's ex-wife.
Amirah Droudis was in November found guilty of stabbing the 30-year-old woman 18 times, dousing her in petrol and setting her alight at a Werrington block of flats in Sydney's west in 2013.
In delivering his verdict at the judge-alone trial in November, Justice Peter Johnson said the "hot-blooded and frenzied" attack had been orchestrated by Monis after a bitter family dispute.
Droudis, 37, appeared calm as the sentence of 44 years, non-parole 33 years, was handed down in the NSW Supreme Court at Darlinghurst on Wednesday.
Justice Johnson said Droudis' moral culpability in the murder was high and that she had numerous chances to back out of the attack.
He said the pair had a very unusual relationship and accepted evidence she suffered emotional and physical abuse at the hands of Monis, whom he described as an "evil man".
"His personality was marked by ... a grandiose sense of self-importance, a lack of empathy and a demonstrated capacity for exploitative behaviour and deceitful conduct," Justice Johnson said on Wednesday.
"He exploited what life in Australia offered him."
The Crown had submitted the murder fell close to, if not in the worst case category and pointed out Droudis' lack of remorse.
It submitted a jail sentence for the term of her natural life should be considered and that there was no evidence Droudis had rejected her former boyfriend's extreme views.
Defence barrister Mark Ierace SC claimed the "spell" Monis had over Droudis had been broken and she had every reason to return to law-abiding life.
Justice Johnson said it was hard to understand why she had kept her Muslim faith, if she had departed from Monis' views.
But he found she had fair prospects of rehabilitation and should not be jailed for the rest of her life.
The 10-week trial heard Monis had approached members of the Rebel motorcycle gang to carry out the murder but was not taken seriously.
Justice Johnson said Droudis had long supported Monis' extreme actions and appeared in videos celebrating the Holocaust, September 11 and the Bali bombings.
She also helped him send letters to the family of at least one deceased Australian soldier, he said.
Outside court on Wednesday, a friend of the victim smiled and said she was "overjoyed" with the result, despite expecting a life sentence.
She said she would never forget her "amazing" friend.
"She would do anything for anyone," she said breaking down in tears.
"If she saw someone stranded in the street she would pull up, she would stop talk to them, take them home or even feed them."
With time already served in custody, Droudis will be eligible for parole in December 2047.
