Alex Villaluna, who stabbed to death Terrigal Wamberal Sharks Junior Rugby League Club President, Mr Keith Collins, has been sentenced to 34 years’ imprisonment.
Mr Alex Villaluna attacked his ex-partner, Ms Jovi Pilapil and Mr Collins, at Westfield Hornsby, during the pair’s first date in 2016.
Mr Villaluna stabbed Mr Collins repeatedly in the chest and he died at the scene.
Ms Pilapil, who had been separated from Mr Villaluna for four months, and who had an AVO out against him, suffered serious injuries, but survived the ordeal.
Mr Villaluna pleaded guilty and will serve a minimum of 30 years.
During the sentencing, Justice Robert Beech-Jones, said Mr Villaluna was a “textbook case of a perpetrator of extreme domestic violence, who believed he could kill any man that he thought showed a romantic interest in his ex-partner”.
Source:
Document, Oct 12
R v Alexander Villaluna 2016/00098014
NSW Online Court Registry
Dilon Luke, Journalist