<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Unbridled thuggery" is how a judge has described a drug dealer's revenge attack that claimed the life of an innocent Western Australian father.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Peter Nguyen-Ha was today handed a life sentence for shooting dead the wrong man with a shotgun in Perth's north.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was on a meth-fuelled revenge spree when he fired three gunshots into a Landsdale home.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/matt-wright-jury-deliberations/1723a3f2-df9e-42e3-a68d-bd0bed6f414f"><strong><span>'No winners': Reality star TV Matt Wright found guilty of two charges</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He hit and kill Ralph Matthews Cox in his own bedroom.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nguyen-Ha will serve a minimum non-parole period of 22 years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The court heard the 35-year-old wanted revenge after he was bashed and robbed during a drug deal weeks earlier, where he lost $33,000.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/peter-nugyen-ha-trial-drug-dealer-sentence-jailed-over-landsdale-shooting-killed-innocent-father-western-australia/2074e7d4-3d7f-4727-968e-f074fb1ff2d1" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He embarked on a vigilante mission to get the money back, shooting at houses in Girrawheen before firing the fatal shots at the innocent father in January 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Matthews Cox's partner Tammy Wallace was also in the bedroom during the attack, as children slept in other rooms.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/porepunkah-police-shooting-victims-neal-thompson-vadim-de-waart/44e6e519-6e7a-4ba5-869f-ebfe95424f9c"><strong><span>Friends remember Belgian-Australian police officer killed in senseless ambush</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The judge said there were no mitigating factors, telling the court Nguyen-Ha doesn't have youth, good character or any remorse.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The judge also slammed the killer him for the "callous" act of "unbridled thuggery".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>