Millionaire property developer Ron Medich has been sentenced to a maximum of 39 years’ jail for the murder of Michael McGurk.
In the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday, Justice Geoffrey Bellew described the murder as an abhorrent and heinous crime before jailing Medich for 39 years with a non-parole period of 30 years.
The 70-year-old millionaire was found guilty in April of the 2009 murder of Michael McGurk and intimidating his widow Kimberley McGurk almost a year later.
Mr McGurk, 45, was shot outside his home on Sydney's north shore after he and Medich became embroiled in legal battles involving millions of dollars.
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Late last month, a Sydney court heard the contract killing involved a "wickedness" and callousness that warranted a life sentence.
On Monday, a fifth man was punished for crimes linked to the execution after pleading guilty to two counts of concealing a serious indictable offence.
But 50-year-old Bassam Safetli was spared time behind bars, instead sentenced to a suspended nine-month jail term and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond.
