A Melbourne hairdresser never intended for her sexual 'sub' to brutally kill her boyfriend in the carpark of his Southbank apartment complex, a court has been told.
Nicholas Cameron, 39, had caught the elevator down from his 20th floor apartment just after midnight on July 10, 2021, when he was viciously attacked for 11 minutes by a man his girlfriend had met months earlier on a dating site dedicated to sexual fetishes.
Heide Bos, 37, was sentenced for her role in Mr Cameron's death in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday, having pleaded guilty to the charge of manslaughter.
The court was told that Bos, who was sentenced to six years and three months jail, had maintained she had only wanted the man charged over Mr Cameron's alleged murder, to assault her boyfriend enough for him to leave town and her.
Heide Bos (pictured), 37, was sentenced for her role in her boyfriend Nicholas Cameron's death in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday
Justice Michael Croucher said Bos and her sexual partner, who had met on FetLife under the online names of 'Hedonistic Siren' and 'Slave Pinto' respectively, first hatched the plan at Bos' Latrobe St apartment on July 1, 2020, with Slave Pinto telling his sexual 'dom' that he could be 'very persuasive'.
But Justice Croucher said Bos was unaware Slave Pinto was carrying the weapons police ultimately found on him that were used in carrying out the brutal assault.
He said Mr Cameron, a talented country footballer whose only child was born months after his death, had taken the elevator down from his apartment with his pet white terrier, Misty, before exiting on the third level carpark.
Slave Pinto was waiting behind a concrete pillar and started walking, then running, towards Mr Cameron, the court was told.
'He had no idea a man he didn't know was waiting in the shadows with violence on his mind,' Justice Croucher said.
Mr Cameron was attacked with a knife and hammer for 11 minutes and was found by neighbours who rushed to the scene after hearing screams for help.
Paramedics were called and tried desperately to save Mr Cameron, who Justice Croucher said was found covered in blood, panting heavily and groaning, but he was declared dead at the scene at 12.45am.
The court was told Slave Pinto was 'accosted' after he was noticed by neighbours and cornered near the elevator, where he was found with a blood-soaked knife, a hammer, handcuffs and a dog lead.
Justice Croucher said Misty was later found unharmed on the third floor.
He said police only tied Bos, who was arrested on August 24, 2021, to the attack after searching through Slave Pinto's phone, finding messages and a bank transaction between the pair.
Justice Croucher said police only tied Bos to the attack after searching through Slave Pinto's phone, finding messages and a bank transaction between the pair
Slave Pinto was waiting behind a concrete pillar and started walking, then running, towards Mr Cameron, the Supreme Court of Victoria (pictured) was told
Justice Michael Croucher said Bos' offending was less serious than many other instances of the offence of manslaughter but pointed out she had planned the attack for more than a week
Justice Croucher said Bos and Mr Cameron, who worked as a landscaper, experienced a 'volatile' relationship that involved daily ice use by the time of his death.
He said Bos' offending was less serious than many other instances of the offence of manslaughter but pointed out she had planned the attack for more than a week and had provided Slave Pinto with 'vital information' in carrying it out.
But Justice Croucher also said Bos was suffering from PTSD after the death of her ex-husband in a road accident, had worked hard to raise her son, had remained gainfully employed throughout her adult life and had no criminal history.
Bos, who was dressed in a black blazer as she sat between two custody officers, beneath the gaze of Mr Cameron's family, will be eligible for parole after three years and three months, with her period of 548 days spent in prison so far counted as time served.
Slave Pinto is due to stand trial later this year.
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