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Lane receives 18 years for killing baby

Former water polo champion, Keli Lane has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for killing her newborn daughter.

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Former water polo champion Keli Lane has been sentenced to 18 years in jail for the murder of her newborn daughter.

Sydney's Supreme Court ordered Ms Lane to a non-parole period of 13 years and five months.

Tegan dissappeared in 1996, two days after she was born and her body has never been found.

During a previous trial, a court heard Ms Lane attended a wedding only a few hours after the baby was born.

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Ms Lane was found guilty of murder in December 2010.

According Sky News, video footage of Ms Lane during police questioning shows her continuously denying that she or anyone else killed her daughter.

Ms Lane has previously said her daughter is in the care of her father.


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