Behind bars ... Christopher Wayne Hudson, pictured here in 2007, has been jailed for life over a deadly shooting spree in Melbourne. Picture: Channel Seven
Hudson jailed for deadly CBD shooting spree
Pleaded guilty, parole after 35 years
Judge called conduct chilling, deliberate
A FORMER Hells Angels bikie who killed one man and wounded two other people in a Melbourne shooting spree has been jailed for life, with a non-parole period of 35 years.
CBD gunman Christopher Wayne Hudson was handed the hefty sentence today in the Victorian Supreme Court after he had pleaded guilty to the murder of lawyer Brendan Keilar and the attempted murder of Dutch backpacker Paul de Waard and former model Kaera Douglas.
Hudson, 30, shot all three victims at a city intersection just after 8am on June 18 last year, after Mr Keilar and Mr de Waard, who had been passing by, tried to help Ms Douglas as Hudson dragged her from a taxi by her hair.
Mr de Waard and Ms Douglas were critically injured but survived.
Hudson showed no emotion as Justice Paul Coghlan handed down his sentence.
"Your offending is of course at the highest degree of seriousness," Justice Coghlan told him.
"At peak hour on a Monday morning near the centre of the commercial district of Melbourne ... you took your gun out and shot both of them. You also shot Ms Douglas.
"We acknowledge that Brendan Keilar met his death as a direct result of trying to do what was right and decent without regard for his own safety."
Justice Coghlan said the event was all the more chilling because it remained unexplained.
"Your conduct is all the more chilling because it remains unexplained," Justice Coghlan said.
"It was calm and deliberate."
He noted that no one who had ever pleaded guilty to murder in Victoria has been handed a life sentence without parole.
Among those in the packed public gallery were several Hells Angels bikies who left the court without commenting to waiting journalists.
Earlier, Hudson had smiled and nodded at the bikies as he entered court.
He will be eligible for a parole in 2042, when he will be 64 years old.
Behind bars ... Christopher Wayne Hudson, pictured here in 2007, has been jailed for life over a deadly shooting spree in Melbourne. Picture: Channel Seven
