A GRIEVING sister claims she was barred from entering court to see her brothers killer sentenced to jail today.
Kornelia Zimmer said she was “manhandled” and “treated like a piece of trash” by Supreme Court security staff this morning when she was stopped from entering the ground-floor level of the court.
Her brother Mark Zimmer’s killer, Leon Borthwick, 20, was sentenced to seven and a half years in jail with a non-parole period of five years. Borthwick was jealous of Mr Zimmer, who had struck up a relationship with his ex-girlfriend, and ran down and killed the 18-year-old on November 16, 2008. Continue reading ![]()
