<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A Sydney mother-of-two has been remembered as someone who lit up every room before she was murdered by her partner at home.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Vincent Carlino, 40, pleaded guilty to the murder of Shereen Kumar in July 2022.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carlino wrapped his partner's body in black plastic bags before he dumped her in bushland near their home in Dural in Sydney's north-west.</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/abalone-could-be-used-to-treat-ulcerative-colitis-affecting-100000-australians/2bc35d67-470f-44bc-acbc-6ae4eb976fb5"><strong><span>Surprise seafood could treat disease affecting 100,000 Aussies</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He then told police she went missing after going for a walk in her pyjamas.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Speaking outside the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney, friend Erika Wadlow-Smith said Kumar had a kindness that is not often seen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was a very measured, capable woman, who was there for other people, loved everything, especially dogs," she said on Friday.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/vincent-carlino-shereen-kumar-murder-mother-lit-up-every-room-friend/d06adb27-3c72-4072-b718-2e0df599efa8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was extraordinary, she lit up every room that she walked into."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Wadlow-Smith said politicians must work to address domestic violence, and to stop more women from losing their lives.</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/national/government-pushes-for-wage-increase-for-millions-of-workers/3eb5a514-55ca-4820-9781-4515a14ad500"><strong><span>Push for three million workers to get a pay rise above inflation</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That is at the root of so many relationships going on in homes around Australia and the world at the moment," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have to look to rectifying it and stopping this onslaught."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Justice Sarah McNaughton was brought to tears in court as she recalled the victim impact statement read by Kumar's son during the trial, who was seven at the time of his mother's death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His mother would never get to attend his high school graduation, see him drive a car, or get his first job, he wrote in the statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Justice McNaughton sentenced Carlino to 21 years in prison, and 15 years without parole.</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/national/driver-avoids-jail-after-mates-drowned-in-flooded-creek/e156988c-c408-413f-b1dd-5a2db3c20957"><strong><span>Driver avoids jail after his two mates drowned in flooded NSW creek</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This was an attack on a woman in her own home where she was entitled to feel safe and secure," she said on Friday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carlino did not intend to kill Kumar but he did intend to cause grievous bodily harm, Justice McNaughton said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She described his steps to cover up the murder as "deceptive".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Carlino had no previous convictions and was medicated for anxiety and depression.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>On the day of Kumar's death, he tried calling her more than 120 times in less than an hour.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's clear that Mr Carlino will require ongoing support and therapy, especially if he is with another domestic partner," Justice McNaughton said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Lifeline 13 11 14</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Men's Referral Service 1300 766 491</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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