Damien Conlon was just 38 when he was lured to his death by Luke Samouel Simon in Oberon on February 9, 2023. Simon, 57, pleaded guilty to Mr Conlon's murder in August 2024.
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00:00Luke Samuel Simon, the man who shot dead his son-in-law Damien Conlon in Oberon in February 2023, has been jailed for 31 years.
00:08He appeared before Justice McNaughton today in the New South Wales Supreme Court where special circumstances were found.
00:15The court heard chilling details how the murder was the result of a property dispute between Simon, his daughter, and Mr. Conlon,
00:22with Simon luring Mr. Conlon out to the Oberon property in the early hours of the morning under the premise that his property had been stolen.
00:29He subsequently shot him a number of times with Mr. Conlon making his way out of the property only for
00:36Simon to shoot him
00:37pretty much point-blank range on the front lawn before
00:41dialing triple zero and telling the police what had happened. Among those present in court today included the fiancee of
00:48Damien, Linda Simon, who was seen wiping away tears a number of times as the awful details of Damien's death were recalled.
00:57...that the justice was done and that the judge took note of my children's suffering.
01:03Now I'm looking at things all the time.
01:06Yeah, and how has the past few years been?
01:10Tough. Really, really tough.
01:13Mainly on the family in Ireland, myself and my children, and the community at the end of it.
01:17And did you want to say a few words about him as a father, as a partner?
01:22I think you heard what I had to say in the courtroom and that's all I had to say.
01:25Thank you guys.