Michael Preston has been sentenced to life in prison. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Michael Preston has been sentenced to life in prison. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Wellington man Michael Preston has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum non-parole period of 19 years for the murder of his estranged wife Mei Fan.
He has also been sentenced to one year in prison for breaching a protection order Ms Fan, 37, took out against himthe night before the murder. The sentence will be served concurrently.
The father of Ms Fan suffered a stroke when he heard the news his daughter had been killed.
She was murdered in November 2013.
Michael Preston has been sentenced to life in prison. Photo / Mark Mitchell
A victim impact statement was read to court today on behalf of her father who lives in inner Mongolia
In it he said the pain that has been inflicted on his family since his daughter's death is simply indescribable.
He said they've been tormented both mentally and physically.
Preston, 60, was found guilty of the murder on November 23 following five weeks of frequently graphic, bloody and highly emotional testimony in the High Court at Wellington.
