A MAN who fatally bashed a 14-year-old girl's head in with a rock after a two-day drinking binge has been sentenced to a minimum of 12 years in prison.
Karlton Attwood, 21, who was in a relationship with the girl, pleaded guilty to murdering her after a drunken argument at Newman, in Western Australia's remote north, last year.
WA's Supreme Court was told the girl had hit Attwood with a stick as they walked along a road, and he retaliated by picking up a large rock and striking the girl at least four times.
The teenager, who was not named for cultural reasons, suffered horrific injuries to her head and defensive injuries to her hands and arms.
Attwood left her body in the bush after failing in an attempt to carry her to his house.
After covering her with a blanket, he fell asleep with the girl's head in his lap, and when he awoke, she was almost certainly dead.
In interviews, Attwood said he had drunk 15 cans of full strength beer on the night before the attack, and 10 cans of beer and bourbon on the night the girl died.
Justice Michael Corboy said while it was accepted Attwood did not intend to kill the girl, her violent death was a tragedy that had devastated her family.
"You acted in a rage for more than just a moment - against a girl who was vulnerable and unable to protect herself," Justice Corboy said.
Attwood was sentenced to a mandatory life sentence, with a minimum of 12 years in prison.
He is also likely to receive tribal punishment on his return to the Newman area, Justice Corboy said.
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