Three men who played part in a bloody baseball bat assault on a Rivett man and left him to die on a neighbour's doorstep will each spend years behind bars, a court has heard.
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But the parents of 48-year-old Bobby Stuart Allan say they've been given a "life sentence".
Graeme Jarrett Vickerstaff, 47, Dean Phillip Welsh, 50, and Colin Maxwell Booth, 35, all previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter and faced sentencing in the ACT Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Justice David Mossop described their attack on Mr Allan as a "violent assault on an unsuspecting victim using weapons". He sentenced Vickerstaff to nine years and three months in prison, Welsh to more than four years, and Booth to more than two years and nine months.
The trio will be eligible for parole in September 2027, February 2021, and April 2022, respectively.
Outside court, Mr Allan's step-father, Jock Allan, said no sentence could bring Bobby Allan back to their family.
"We will never be able to forgive these evil monsters for the horrible and shameful acts they committed," he said.
"We've had to sit through all the court proceedings and listen to the evidence of how Bobby was assaulted and subsequently died.
"This is something that no family should ever have to go through."
The court previously heard Mr Allan's three attackers came to his home on December 17, 2017 to purchase drugs, but when he opened the door Vickerstaff sprayed him in the face with a can of engine degreaser.
Vickerstaff beat him with a metal baseball bat while Welsh blocked the exit. Booth stood outside, and all three men robbed Mr Allan's home afterwards while he crawled up the street severely injured and calling for help.
Mr Allan lost a "significant amount of blood" in the attack, Justice Mossop said. He died on a neighbour's patio after police and paramedics attempted to resuscitate him.
An autopsy found he died of cardiac arrest as a result of his injuries, cardiovascular disease, and drugs in his system.
Justice Mossop said Mr Allan would not have died if the attack didn't happen.
He described Vickerstaff as the "main offender" in the attack, while Welsh had the second-highest culpability, and Booth, the lowest.
Vickerstaff was also the last of the trio to plead guilty to manslaughter; Welsh pleaded guilty second, while Booth admitted his role in the attack first in August 2019.