- Karl Hague, 44, has been jailed for 26 years for murdering Ricky Balcombe
- He fatally stabbed teenager in Geelong’s Market Square shopping centre in 1995
- Hague was finally brought to justice in April when he was found guilty of murder
A man has been jailed for 26 years for the 1995 stabbing murder of a teenage boy at a Geelong shopping centre.
Karl Michael Hague, 44, was in April found guilty of killing Ricky Balcombe at Geelong’s Market Square shopping centre in May 1995, a crime he got away with for decades.
Hague was finally brought to justice in the Supreme Court on Friday when Justice Lex Lasry jailed him for 26 years with a non-parole period of 20 years.
Karl Michael Hague (pictured outside court today), 44, was in April found guilty of killing Ricky Balcombe at Geelong’s Market Square shopping centre in May 1995, a crime he got away with for decades
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