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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 21 Jun, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Jazmin-Jean's killer gets 32 years for fatal bashing A man who bashed his girlfriend to death while under the influence of the drug ice has been sentenced to more than 33 years in jail. Sean Lee King, 27, will spend at least 25 years in jail for offences including murdering Jazmin-Jean Ajbschitz at her mother's inner Sydney apartment in 2011. Ms Ajbschitz's body was found by her brother three days after the attack and an autopsy subsequently found her death was caused by blunt-force injuries to her heart and liver. In sentencing, Justice Bellow said King had killed his girlfriend in an "extensive and sustained attack", during which Ms Ajbschitz would have experienced "unbelievable terror". 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Tata Consultancy Services has IT contracts with some of the nation's largest companies, including Qantas, Woolworths, Telstra and AGL. Current and former employees of TCS say the company relies on foreign workers, even in areas where there are no skills shortages. 730 understands that most of the TCS staff working at Qantas are in Australia on 457 visas. More » Hidden Moon craters mapped using gravity data Government warns against winding down coal industry Fifty years ago, Valentina Tereshkova became first woman in space Facebook, Microsoft reveal surveillance data Environment More Environment » Unwanted visitor from west hops into South Australia An unwanted visitor from the west has prompted environmental concern on Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. 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