A man convicted of battering his ex-wife to death at her Melbourne home before she could move abroad with their children still denies killing her, a court has heard.
Robert Arthur Meade, 52, was found guilty in October of murdering Sally Brooks in her Donvale home a week before she was due to move to her native United Kingdom.
His Victorian Supreme Court trial heard he waited for her in the laundry of the former family home, where she lived with their three children, on July 1, 2011.
He attacked her as she walked through the door, inflicting fatal head injuries. She died in hospital on July 11.
Meade denied the murder or even being at the house but was convicted after four days of deliberation by the jury.
Meade sat impassively on Wednesday as his barrister Peter Morrissey SC told a pre-sentencing hearing that he maintains his innocence.
"His position at trial and his position today are the same," he told the Supreme Court.
"He maintains that, those are my instructions."
His trial heard that the former mining geologist suffered a delusion involving Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former US president Bill Clinton.
He also did a dry run to rehearse the route from his Adelaide home the month before the killing.
But Mr Morrissey said Meade did not wish to have any evidence about his mental state used as mitigation before being sentenced.
He also rejected using claims about his wife's conduct during their custody battle in his favour.
Even though Meade maintains his innocence, he resigns himself to being sentenced so should be treated as a normal man "who snapped", Mr Morrissey said.
But prosecutor Ray Elston SC said Meade's current attitude meant he should be sentenced as a remorseless killer.
Ms Brooks' death was a brutal pre-meditated execution designed to give him custody of their children, he argued.
"The children are fortunate to have Alison Brooks (Sally's twin sister) to support them.
"However their loss is a significant factor in the context of the sentencing process."
Justice Mark Weinberg will sentence Meade on December 11.
