Steven Bragg will be sentenced early next month for killing Vctoria Head.

Bragg was set to stand trial for first degree murder in late May. But instead he pleaded guilty to second degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for a minimum 10 years. That’s what the defence is asking for, while the Crown is seeking 15 to 17 years before Bragg can apply.

Yesterday, the court heard submissions and victim impact statements to aid Supreme Court Justice Donald Burrage with his decision.

Bragg strangled Victoria Head with a bootlace and hid her body in the woods off O’Brien’s Farm Road early on Remembrance Day in 2017.

He has remained in custody since the conviction was entered in May, and will be sentenced on November 4.