<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sky Daly-Holt was cradling her six-week-old daughter when she received the news no loved one wants to hear.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her sister Autumn Baker had been violently </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/murder" rel="" target="" title="murdered"><span>murdered</span></a><span> by a man she had considered a friend.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What should have been a joyous time in my life ... turned into a horror show," Sky said.</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><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/hayley-mcclenahan-ernst-death-man-charged-with-2017-murder-of-partner-in-sydney/4a9c2352-28ab-4302-bcab-6b2f49bee04f"><strong><span>Man charged with murder over death of pregnant partner</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baker had been visiting Mark Ludbrook at his home in Melbourne's south-west in August 2023 when he attacked her with a knife.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She had tried to stop him from self-harming when he turned the weapon on her, stabbing her multiple times to the chest, arms and eyes.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ludbrook claimed his mind was altered by PCE, an illicit drug he had taken earlier that morning to manage pain from his neurological condition.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/i-despise-you-sisters-anger-as-she-confronts-killer/c7b67132-13f2-440d-b4f3-c30f46c175e6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But a Victorian Supreme Court jury found the 54-year-old was conscious of his actions and therefore guilty of murder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sky was among Baker's friends and family who confronted Ludbrook as he faced a pre-sentence hearing on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She described the violence and sorrow he had brought into her life, saying Ludbrook had destroyed her family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-wall-street-journal-lawsuit-dismissed-florida-judge-jeffrey-epstein-letter-usa-news/89dbfad3-ffe3-49ac-9463-0067409cca42"><strong><span>Trump learns fate of $14b lawsuit over Epstein letter</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-weather-excyclone-maila-to-bring-heavy-rain-to-north/f9672fbc-d8c4-4e29-9d28-31a18090ca7f" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Region to be drenched as ex-tropical cyclone rolls in</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You have stolen my first and forever friend, my childhood witness, a person who knew me better than anyone else," Sky said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Every day I tell Autumn I love her and I miss her. No one will love me like Autumn did."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ludbrook had also robbed Baker's two young children of a loving, caring and empathetic mother, Sky said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I despise you," she told Ludbrook, who watched on a video link from prison.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I wish Autumn had never met you. I wish she had let you kill yourself that day. Your life is worthless."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baker's mother, Annie Daly-Holt, said she was afraid to live each day without her daughter and it was only her grandchildren who kept her going.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My life has been about ensuring my daughter is not forgotten," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was exuding light everywhere she went and left beauty in her wake. There was nothing she couldn't do."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Baker's father, Lance Daly-Holt, said there was no adequate sentence for Ludbrook.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I miss my daughter every day," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This man's actions have taken everything from my family."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On the morning of the murder, Ludbrook's carer saw him walking around naked despite him normally only managing three steps at a time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He also thanked different colours and told his carer how he needed to sleep with her to save the animals.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crown prosecutor Jim Shaw said the verdict made it clear Ludbrook was acting consciously and deliberately at the time of the murder, regardless of the drugs he had taken.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lubdrook's moral culpability was therefore high and he still had not taken any responsibility for his actions, Shaw argued.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ludbrook's barrister will make submissions when the case returns to court on Friday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>If you or someone you know is in need of support contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue. In the event of an emergency dial Triple Zero (000).</span></strong></em></div></div>