A man who ambushed and shot dead his daughter and her husband as they returned home from celebrating their first wedding anniversary has been jailed for life and must serve at least 35 years before he can apply for parole.
Osman Shaptafaj lay in wait for his estranged daughter, Lindita Musai, and her husband, Veton Musai, to return to their Yarraville home about 10.30am on New Year’s Eve 2019, and approached the couple as they stood at the front door and shot both in the head with a revolver.
Veton (left) and Lindita Musai were shot dead outside their Yarraville home.Credit:Facebook/Veton Musai
Ms Musai, 25, died at the scene despite attempts to save her by family members, and Mr Musai, 29, died in hospital the next day. The couple were shot moments after returning from a weekend stay in Melbourne to celebrate their first anniversary and were living with Mr Musai’s family while planning to build their own home.
Shaptafaj then rang the doorbell and left his victims, the Supreme Court heard, walking to nearby parkland where he twice shot himself in the head in an attempt to end his life. He survived but suffered a brain injury. He later pleaded guilty to two counts of murder.
Justice Andrew Tinney on Tuesday jailed Shaptafaj, 57, for life for each offence and said such punishment was reserved for only the most dreadful crimes. Shaptafaj has already served two years in custody, and will be aged in his early 90s by the time he can apply for parole.
Justice Tinney said Shaptafaj fulfilled his “evil plan” to murder his daughter and son-in-law, conduct the judge said “almost defied belief”.
Osman Shaptafaj has been jailed for life and must serve 35 years before he becomes eligible for parole.Credit:Nine News
“By your appalling actions you have taken two young and promising lives and devastated two extended families,” he told the killer.
“Your crimes well and truly shocked the community. The indications are … there is nothing to indicate you are in any way remorseful for your actions.”
“There is nothing to indicate you are in any way remorseful for your actions.”
The judge said Shaptafaj had been estranged from his family since 2011, was sad and angry at his isolation, resentful at not being invited to his daughter’s wedding, and incensed Mr Musai did not ask for permission to marry his partner, which the older man considered a show of disrespect.
Ms Musai had nothing to do with her father since from when she was 17, the court heard, and hated him for his history of controlling and violent behaviour.
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