Jail for ‘runner’ over woman’s brutal bushland murder

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Jail for ‘runner’ over woman’s brutal bushland *******

A man described as a “runner” working for his boss dealing drugs out of a western Sydney hotel has been jailed for the violent ******* of a woman whose body was then set alight.

Robert Sloan, 61, pleaded to murdering Najma Carroll alongside a co-accused before setting her on ***** in a remote part of Sandy Point in Sydney’s southwest on July 14, 2020.

The 33-year-old’s body was discovered by a bushwalker 15 days later.

“The deceased was isolated before her ******, then taken to remote bushland where she had no chance of escape, then *******,” said Justice Natalie Adams on Friday.

“It must have been an absolutely terrifying experience for her.”

The NSW Supreme Court judge sentenced Sloan to a maximum 25 years and two months in jail, backdated and expiring on July 3, 2047.

His non-parole ******* of 17 years and six months will expire on November 3, 2039.

Sloan was given a lower sentence than his 46-year-old ***** running boss Benjamin Troy Parkes who was sentenced last week for the *******.

He faces a maximum jail sentence of 31 years, with a non-parole ******* of 21 years and six months.

Justice Adams found that Sloan looked up to Parkes who often ordered his subordinate to do his “****** work” for him.

“Mr Sloan assisted Mr Parkes out of a sense of misguided loyalty to him,” she said.

The motive for the ******* belonged solely to Parkes who worried that Ms Carroll knew too much about their ***** running, did not want to return $8500 that she had “invested” in the ******** business, and was concerned she could go to the police, Justice Adams found.

Sloan, who has previously gone under the alias Ronald Joseph Sladden, also entered into an agreement to ***** Ms Carroll at a later time than Parkes.

In sentencing the 61-year-old, the judge took into account his early guilty plea, highly disadvantaged upbringing and his physical health, including pain issues after he was shot in the leg in a motel room around 25 years ago.

She noted he had been threatened and assaulted in custody since his arrest for the ******* in November 2020, saying this could have been because of his involvement with The Heathens in Melbourne 10 years ago.

Sloan’s ********* history spans decades and involves run-ins with the law in NSW, Victoria and South Australia over ******* such as armed robbery, false imprisonment, threatening a witness, ***** possession and motor vehicle theft.

He was a long-term ***** user and was taking “ice” at the time of Ms Carroll’s *******, Justice Adams said.

Sloan watched the sentencing proceedings from Silverwater prison, and shook his head, muttering “not true” as the judge considered whether he had assaulted Ms Carroll, causing her a ****** eye days before she was *******.

The judge aired her suspicions but could not be satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that he caused the injuries.

She found Ms Carroll was a heavy ***** user at the time who could have hurt herself instead.

Justice Adams noted the significant effect the ******* had on mother Anne Carroll who was told the shocking news by police that a burnt body found in bushland was that of her daughter.

“On behalf of the court, I extend my sincere condolences to the family and friends Najma Carroll,” she said.

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