Jared Ranguy - in March he pleaded guilty to murder 12 years after he killed his mother, sister and stepfather in the family home.
It is one of the most shocking crimes we've reported on - and for the family of the deceased - the most painful thing they've endured.
They came much closer to closure in March when he pleaded guilty and more than a dozen of them crowded into the courtroom of Nigel Pilgrim today for his sentencing hearing.
His attorney Godfrey Smith argued for a fixed stance of 37 years - with 12 already served - while the DPP's office is demanding that he serve life in prison - and only be eligible for parole after 40 years.
In his address to the court, Smith focussed on the what he called the "oddness" of the crime - and that a man with no criminal history would wake up from his sleep and kill his entire family. Smith urged the court to consider the possibility that maybe he didn't wake at all - maybe he was sleep walking. To support this - he entered a written opinion from one of the world's leading experts on sleep disorders - who said it could be possible.
We spoke to him about it outside the courtroom:
Jules Vasquez
"Sir, so the fundamental argument that you all made today that Mr. Ranguy, the prosecutor may have used this, had diminished responsibility, he suffers from sleepwalking and you all are saying that because of this he should not be given life in prison."
Godfrey Smith, Attorney for Jared Ranguy
"Yeah, it's not really - he already pled guilty, that has certain implications. At this stage of the proceedings which is sentencing, you are entitled to put forward every circumstance to the judge that you believe is relevant to the justness of the sentence and it is in that regard that we point to the possibility, we're not running it as a defence and when one considers everything, all factors, we are saying it should excite some anxiety in the court as to whether given all the circumstances of this case that it is just to impose a life sentence as opposed to a fixed sentence of a determinate number of years."
Jules Vasquez
"You told the judge in there that every circumstance that may affect sentencing must be considered. So you are asking him specifically to consider the circumstance that the man may have a significant sleepwalking disorder."
Godfrey Smith, Attorney for Jared Ranguy
"We are saying that recognised international experts have raised it as a possibility, their words were it cannot be ruled out, we're not saying he's not guilty, we're saying when you look at all of that, it may not be the just thing to imprison him for life and that is what we urged upon the court."
Jules Vasquez
"Obviously, you can't say what the judge should do. But what are the matters that the judge must weigh in looking at the unusual nature of the crime in line with his personality and the other factor you have raised that he may have been sleepwalking?"
Godfrey Smith, Attorney for Jared Ranguy
"Well, you would have heard the prosecution list aggravating circumstances. So the judge has to consider all aggravating circumstances, consider all the mitigating circumstances, weigh it up and ultimately it's a matter of exercise of his discretion, whether he chooses to impose life or a fixed determinate term of years."
