Nine years jail for Melbourne wife killer Borce Ristevski

A Melbourne husband and father who killed his wife, dumped her body in bushland, then lied to cover up his crime, has been jailed for nine years.

Borce Ristevski arrives at Melbourne Supreme Court. He will spend almost a decade behind bars over the death of his wife. Source: AAP

Borce Ristevski, who killed his wife Karen before dumping her body in Victorian bushland and spinning a "web of lies" has been jailed for nine years for the high-profile manslaughter.

The 47-year-old victim was found covered in branches eight months after she went missing in 2016, with Ristevski lying to his bride's family and taking part at her funeral as a pallbearer, playing the part of an "innocent, grieving widower".

Borce Ristevski arrives at Melbourne Supreme Court. He will spend almost a decade behind bars over the death of his wife.

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Ristevski killed his wife at their Avondale Heights home on June 29 before bundling her body into her Mercedes-Benz.

The 55-year-old drove to Macedon Regional Park, covering her body in branches, with her skeletal remains found between logs by horticulturalists eight months later.

An autopsy could not determine the cause of her death, and Ristevski has never provided a description of how his wife died.

Karen Ristevski's body was found in the bush on June 29, 2016.

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