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A father who shot and buried a homeless man in a backyard shed has been jailed for at least 32 years.
Keith Russell Yandle, 48, was sentenced in South Australia’s Supreme Court on Friday after being found guilty of murdering 38-year-old Steven Murphy in the Adelaide suburb of Kudla.
After being jeered at in court, Yandle turned to the room and yelled, according to the Adelaide Advertiser: “You think you’re all good people, but you’re a bunch of c**ts”.
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Murphy had been sleeping in a shed on Yandle’s property — where Yandle was growing cannabis — when he was found on February 19, 2023.
Yandle shot Murphy four times at close range, including once through the heart, and three more times in the front and back after the father-of-two collapsed.
“At gunpoint and for about 10 minutes, Mr Murphy surrendered to Yandle (who) stood over him as he cowered on his knees with his head down... he was unarmed and compliant,” prosecutor Melissa Wilkinson told jurors during the trial.
Yandle’s son Marco held the torch while Keith fired the gun.


Yandle then watched Murphy die, smoked a cigarette as he paced around the shed, and stepped on Murphy’s hands to check for signs of life.
The entire incident was captured on Yandle’s own CCTV system.
He later buried Murphy’s remains at the bottom of a 13-by-9 metre pit, two metres under the shed.
Wilkinson said Yandle had other options but was unlikely to call police because of his cannabis crop.
Murphy was reported missing on March 18, 2023, and police found his remains after Yandle’s brother, Brock, contacted them about the incident on April 2.
Brock, who has autism, told police he had heard an altercation between his brother and a stranger, followed by gunshots and a man screaming.
Yandle told Brock he “fixed up” a “homeless man” who “didn’t matter” and had been “looking for stuff to steal”, Wilkinson told the court.

Yandle claimed he acted in self-defence, but this was rejected by Justice Anne Bampton.
During a prior court appearance, when the prosecution said Yandle came “armed and ready” that night, he shouted in response: “Can you prove that? Can you prove that? That’s a lie.”
The outburst prompted a stern rebuke from the judge.
In sentencing on Friday, Justice Bampton described Yandle’s actions as “ruthless and inhumane”.
“He was trespassing in your shed but he posed no threat to your safety or that of your family … you held the upper hand,” she said.
“He was alone, unarmed and entirely submissive during your interaction with him.
“You choose to murder Mr Murphy, and you did so in front of your son when you’d had ample time to choose not to kill Mr Murphy and there were lawful alternatives open to you.
“You showed utter disregard to him and his family … you were callous and inhumane.”

She said Yandle made a deliberate choice to fire repeatedly with a “retaliatory state of mind”.
“Your conduct was callous, ruthless, and inhumane … this is a catastrophic and tragic example of the dire risk the community is exposed to by the possession of illegal firearms,” she said.
Yandle was sentenced to life in prison with a non-parole period of 32 years, which included six years for concealing human remains.