A murderer who broke into his former partner’s home and viciously stabbed her to death in front of her young child has been jailed for up to 24 years and six months.

James William Pualic, 45, was sentenced in the Victorian Supreme Court today after pleading guilty to the murder of mother-of-four Analyn ‘Logee’ Osias.

He killed his former partner after breaking into her Bendigo home, in Victoria’s north, on October 29 2023, in breach of a family violence intervention order that was supposed to protect her.
Mother-of-four Analyn ‘Logee’ Osias was killed in her own home when her ex-partner broke into her home and bashed, strangled then stabbed her. (Nine)

Pualic smashed a bedroom window and then forced his way inside the property by ripping open a security door.

He dragged Osias from her bed, bashed her head against the floor and strangled her before stabbing her to death.

Osias’ two primary school-age children were at home at the time, with one of the girls witnessing the murderous attack.

Justice Rita Incerti described the killing as brutal and unprovoked as she handed down the sentence.

“Your offending was cruel, vicious and entirely merciless,” the judge said.

“Ms Osias was entitled to end her relationship without fear of harm.”

Pualic, who looked down as he was sentenced, will be eligible for parole after serving 19 years.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
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