A cash-strapped tradesman who was found guilty of murdering a Sydney woman at her waterfront mansion has been sentenced to a maximum of 24 years behind bars. Shahnaz Qidwai's husband, daughters and son cried and embraced in court after the sentence was handed down while her killer Tony Halloun stood expressionless. The labourer, who was hired to concrete the Qidwais' driveway in 2012, had asked for $3,500 but Dr Khalid Qidwai refused to pay him before the job was done. The next day, Shahnaz Qidwais was found bludgeoned to death in her multi-million-dollar home in Henley, in Sydney's north-west.
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Tony Halloun was hired to concrete Dr Khalid Qidwai's driveway in Henley
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Halloun asked for $3,500 but Dr Qidwai refused to pay until job was done
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The next day, his wife was found bludgeoned to death in their mansion
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It took the jury only two hours to deliver a guilty verdict for the labourer
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The couple's daughter discovered her mother's body on June 15, 2012
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