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Duncan Murray

SHOCKING: Brutal sleeping bag killer to spend decades in jail - You Need To See This

Kevin James Pettiford will spend decades in jail for a murder described as brutal and senseless. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A man who brutally murdered a rough sleeper with a rock and slashed a fellow inmate's throat will spend the next quarter century behind bars, after avoiding a life sentence.

Kevin James Pettiford was sentenced to 39 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 26 years, at a Supreme Court hearing in Sydney on Wednesday.

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